Cobbossee Stream Powered Gardiner's past... Now let's give the stream a future. Cobbossee Stream continues to flow, gurgle and pulse through the remnants of its 200 year old economic history … Read more about Cobbossee “Upstream”
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Stream Connectivity Working Group
The SCWG is a forum, networking and coordinating group that informs, leverages, and enhances the work of on-the-ground restoration practitioners and planners in Maine. We achieve this through … Read more about Stream Connectivity Working Group
Advocating for the Mousam River
Undamming the Mousam River The Mousam River watershed contains 349 miles of river and streams and drains a total area of about 117 square miles. It covers portions of the towns of Acton, Shapleigh, … Read more about Advocating for the Mousam River
Royal River Restoration
Photosimulation of the Royal River with the Bridge Street Dam removed. The Royal River flows nearly 26 miles from its source in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester to its mouth in Casco Bay in … Read more about Royal River Restoration
Alewife Restoration Initiative on Facebook
Here is a good piece about the Hudson River watershed in New York, and the benefits of removing small dams. The situation is similar to the Kennebec River watershed, and Outlet Stream. www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/nyregion/its-fish-vs-dams-and-the-dams-are-winning.html?smid=nytcore-i...
It’s Fish vs. Dams, and the Dams Are Winning
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Thousands of dams across New York, many abandoned, are blocking fish migrations. A movement to remove them is growing.Great theme for the 2020 Common Ground County Fair poster! We are just getting ready to sow native wildflower seeds with the China and Vassalboro 5th grade science classes, for eventual planting at the Masse Dam site. Restoring a native plant community to the streamside buffer in the previously ponded areas is an important part of improving the stream ecosystem with dam removals.
Winning poster design for 2020 Common Ground Country Fair highlights native flowers, pollinators
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This year’s design will highlight a pollinator and a native flower.Some fall pictures of the Lombard Dam site in Vassalboro, Maine, taken Oct-Nov 2019, about one year after the dam removal. The stream channel and riparian vegetation are recovering beautifully into a nice meadow habitat!
Does that stream come out of Webber Pond?
it is amazing how fast nature works. 🙂
I was trying to imagine what it would look like. Thanks.
So nice!
Nice
Do have a couple of before for comparison? Thanks
Should have left all of the dams alone and instead used them for hydropower. Instead we will rape the north Maine woods.
