"Focus on Greater Bangor Region" piece on how an unlikely consortium of Pennsylv

Seth Harkness

Source

Mainebiz

Date

10-6-2008

Pages

32-33

Abstract

"Focus on Greater Bangor Region" piece on how an unlikely consortium of Pennsylvania Power and Light, the Penobscot River Restoration Trust, and the Penobscot Indian Nation are working to protect one of the last natural Atlantic salmon runs in the country--on the Penobscot River. After Maine's deregulation of the power industry, PPL acquired eight dams on the Penobscot. The company revived talks, stalled years earlier, to protect the run. Over five years, an agreement was reached to allow the trust to open 1,000 miles of river to migratory fish, provided it raised $25 million to remove three dams. Members of the Penobscot Nation hope to once again be able to exercise their sustenance fishing rights. With details on PPL's gains under the agreement.

Subjects

Penobscot River, Salmon, Electric power

Full text is not available here. Please contact the Library for a copy of the article.

Share

COinS