Our mission is to protect, restore and enhance the ecological health of Maine’s river systems. We depend on your support.
Our mission is to protect, restore and enhance the ecological health of Maine’s river systems. We depend on your support.
With removal of the Edwards Dam in Augusta in 1999 and the removal of the Fort Halifax Dam in Winslow in 2008, sea-run fish passage has been restored from the ocean directly to the Sebasticook River. In 2021 for the first time since 1789, native alewives were able to freely make their way to spawn in China Lake, then safety out migrate back to the ocean.
Maine Rivers is spearheading efforts to improve fish passage in the Medomak watershed, including alewife passage into and out of Washington Pond as well as at numerous other sites.
The overall goal of this project is to establish safe, timely and effective alewife passage to and from Threemile Pond to support a run of up to 400,000+ adult alewives and other diadromous species via Seaward Mills Stream, Webber Pond and Seven-mile Stream.
This document is intended to provide basic guidance to project managers working on river restoration and dam removal projects in Maine.
Maine’s annual spring alewife migration is inspiring. Alewives are anadromous (sea-run) fish that spend the majority of their lives at sea but return to freshwater to spawn. We created a map to help you find locations to witness this natural wonder.
P.O. Box 782
Yarmouth, ME 04096
Phone: 207-847-9277
contact@mainerivers.org
Maine Rivers is a membership organization. We depend on your support to fulfill our mission to protect, restore, and enhance Maine’s rivers.
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