12-20-2010, 06:09 PM
This is a present for all seasons: three major dams on the Penobscot River in Maine have been purchased for $24M in order to decommission them. This major milestone taking place today follows more than a decade of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and many other organizations working together.
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=625
There has been no project like this elsewhere in the world - and that includes Canada. For a backgrounder on the Penobscot Project, the best chance to restore wild Atlantic salmon runs in the U.S., visit the resources page:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=624
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http://asf.ca/news.php?id=625
There has been no project like this elsewhere in the world - and that includes Canada. For a backgrounder on the Penobscot Project, the best chance to restore wild Atlantic salmon runs in the U.S., visit the resources page:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=624
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