The report has been criticized by groups that worry the dams will result in the collapse of endangered Atlantic salmon and ...

Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is recommending proposals to increase fish passage at four dams in ...

This month’s edition of “The Maine Monitor Radio Hour” features a panel discussion about the future of Maine’s dams, including the dams on Silver Lake, Alamoosook Lake, and Toddy Pond.

The changes come as three dams in Hancock County are inching toward abandonment by corporate ownership. HANCOCK COUNTY, Maine — Proposed legislation aimed at updating Maine’s dam abandonment statute, ...

Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday. The train derailment occurred ...

A coalition of lawmakers in Hancock County are working on a slate of bills that could allow Maine towns to band together and take ownership of abandoned dams, as well as clarify what that process ...

Conservation groups say a flawed federal review of fish passage plans for dams on the Kennebec River could doom endangered ...

Both nonprofits have spearheaded dam removal and fish passage projects in Maine, and officials with The Nature Conservancy said the organization is standing by as Dover-Foxcroft weighs its options.

A 2023 train derailment in rural Maine was caused by a beaver dam that flooded rail tracks, according to investigators on Wednesday.

Maine — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight ...