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PublishedJune 14, 2024
Maine Compass: The public has spoken. Let’s remove unnecessary Kennebec dams
We now have an opportunity to continue Maine's proud tradition and restore miles of fish habitat.
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PublishedMay 21, 2024
Residents, environmental groups urge federal government to consider removal of Kennebec River dams
About 80 people turned out Tuesday night for a public hearing at Thomas College in Waterville, where many commented on a federal recommendation to relicense four dams on the Kennebec River, between Waterville and Skowhegan.
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
Kennebec River dam owner dismisses state fish passage plan as counterproductive
Brookfield Renewable and the state disagree on a suitable solution to let endangered Atlantic salmon and other river-run fish pass the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield to reach spawning grounds in the Sandy River.
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PublishedApril 18, 2022
Conservation group joins call to save Maine salmon rivers, including along the Kennebec River
The Kennebec, Penobscot and Union rivers were ranked fourth most endangered bodies of water in American Rivers' annual report.
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PublishedApril 5, 2022
Conservationists criticize dam owner for impeding salmon migration along Kennebec River
The Kennebec Coalition and the Conservation Law Foundation say Brookfield Renewable Partners must do more to project the endangered Atlantic salmon at four Brookfield dams from Waterville to Skowhegan.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2021
Federal regulators will review effects of 4 lower Kennebec dams on fish
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will study the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield and three others that fish must pass to reach key habitat in western Maine’s Sandy River.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2021
Canadian dam owner sues Maine over alleged effort to remove 4 Kennebec River dams
Brookfield Renewable argues state agencies are violating a binding river management agreement in their fight over the future of Atlantic salmon.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
Conservation groups file lawsuit against owner of central Maine dams, citing violation of Endangered Species Act
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by the Atlantic Salmon Federation and other conservation groups, alleges Brookfield Renewable Partners are harming and killing endangered Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish at four dams on the Kennebec River.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
Fish advocates decry draft federal report saying Fairfield’s Shawmut Dam should not be shut down
Conservation groups are at odds with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's draft environmental assessment showing that decommissioning the dam is not a reasonable alternative to relicensing it.
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