Dear Friend of NRCM,

The Penobscot River Restoration Project has been a huge success, improving access for sea-run fish to more than 2,000 miles of habitat. This exciting, challenging, and deeply meaningful collaborative project to bring the Penobscot River back to life is now the subject of a new book to be released this year.

Please join NRCM and our partners for a Zoom webinar on Tuesday, November 10 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. to celebrate the success of the Penobscot River Restoration Project. You will hear stories from Mainers, including those directly involved in the project, who helped make the project a reality, captured in an inspiring new book, “From the Mountains to the Sea.”

What: Zoom In: Celebrating Progress for the Penobscot River
When: Tuesday, November 10 from 12:00 p.m.  – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Zoom webinar. Sign up below to receive the webinar link

At this special online event you’ll hear from:

• John Banks, Director, Department of Natural Resources, Penobscot Indian Nation
• Laura Rose Day, Former Director, Penobscot River Restoration Trust
• Kate Dempsey, State Director, The Nature Conservancy in Maine
• Pete Didisheim, Advocacy Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine
• Andy Goode, Vice President, U.S. Programs, Atlantic Salmon Federation

The Penobscot River Restoration Project was a collaborative effort to balance fisheries restoration and hydropower production in Maine’s largest watershed. The project removed two dams—the Great Works and the Veazie—that had blocked fish migrations for more than a century. It also constructed an innovative, river-like bypass around the third dam on the river at Howland so fish could access their historic habitat. Nearly two million river herring (alewives) and nearly 1,500 Atlantic salmon passed the Milford fish lift earlier this year.

 I hope you can join us for this webinar to learn about the inspiring recovery of Maine’s largest watershed.

Sincerely,

Nick Bennett
NRCM Healthy Waters Director and Staff Scientist