Old Town -
A 200-year-old dam on Maine's Penobscot River is being removed as part of a project aimed at reopening nearly 1,000 miles of river habitat to Atlantic salmon, shad, river herring and other migratory fish species.
Workers on Monday begin removing the Great Works Dam that spans the river from Old Town to Bradley, marking the beginning of the dismantling stage of the Penobscot River Restoration Project.
Besides removing the Great Works Dam, the $62 million project also calls for removing a dam in Veazie and building a fishway around the Howland Dam. In exchange for selling the dams to the Penobscot River Trust, the dams' owner was allowed to increase electricity production at its other dams.
If all goes as planned, the project is expected to be completed in 2014.
~Associated Press
Old Town Dam Removal Set to Begin
-
Bangor Competing in "Main Street Matters" Program
-
Bouffard New Maine Prison Warden
-
Governor LePage Moving His Office
-
High School Documentarians Honor Veterans
-
Elementary Students Honor Their Unsung Heroes
-
Weight Watchers Program Free For ME First Responders
-
A Crash Course In Distracted Driving For Students In Newport
-
Charleston Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years In Federal Prison Gets State Sentence
-
Governor Vetoes Hospital/Medicaid Bill
-
Maine Sports Hall of Famer Pleads No Contest to Child Porn
Comments
Add your comments to the discussion. By submitting a comment, you agree to the terms of the terms of use and are 18 years of age or older.
Fields marked with a * are required.
Want a personal picture next to your comment? Sign up for a free Gravatar or post with your facebook account.
Facebook Comments
Breaking News from CBS
-
No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash.
Bridge collapse over the Skagit River dumped vehicles and people into the water; 3 people rescued
-
Kids, teachers from destroyed Okla. school reunite
Students who survived the storm gathered with their teachers at another Moore school that wasn't damaged
-
Video: Okla. couple survived tornado in their closet
Lewis and Janie Haywood huddled in their closet when the 200-mile-an-hour tornado blew through and destroyed their home Monday. Now they're facing the painful question of where to rebuild.
-
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders
-
Video: 5/23: Obama: The war on terror, "like all wars, must end"; baby born as tornado struck
Warning of the danger of keeping America on a "perpetual wartime footing," President Obama called for an end to the war on terror; and, With a tornado and a baby on the way, doctors and nurses at the Moore Medical Center really had to deliver.
Add your Comments