Federal regulators issued guidance last month suggesting that four lower Kennebec River dams can continue operating if their ...

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.

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Plans for a massive 15-story dam on the Penobscot River were abandoned on this day in 1986, considered one ...

Fish passage advocates also have a list of stringent ... advocacy director for Maine Audubon, requested that FERC require at least two fish lifts at each dam, instead of the one additional lift ...

The future of the four dams has been the subject of debate in Maine since Brookfield began the relicensing process for the Shawmut dam in 2020. Business advocates and some politicians have ...

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 ...

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, ...