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Dam Removal Begins on Maine’s Penobscot River to Revive Historic Salmon Runs
Posted by Brian Richter of The Nature Conservancy and University of Virginia in Water Currents on June 12, 2012
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The dams will fall and the salmon will rise. That may sound like prophesy, but it’s as certain as scientific predictions get these days, particularly in matters of ecological restoration. Yesterday, demolition of the Great Works Dam began on the Penobscot River in Maine. Another dam, the Veazie, will come down next summer. With the…
