Between the head of tide above Bangor to where it widens into the bay at Searsport, the Penobscot River shifts … More
Category: Penobscot River & Bay
A New National Monument on the East Branch Penobscot River
On August 24, 2016, President Obama designated 87,500 acres of northern Maine as Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument. The … More
Collective Quarterly
I revisited Adam Campbell and North Haven Oyster Company for Issue 5 of the magazine Collective Quarterly. The Collective is … More
An Oyster Story
Each variety of oyster—that craggy and somewhat mysterious shellfish—has a story to tell. But every oyster story must first include … More
The President’s Salmon in The Boston Globe
A preview of the forthcoming The President’s Salmon can be found in today’s Boston Globe Magazine. Politics, preservation, and salmon … More
Deliverance
After an epic winter, spring arrived in the Penobscot River Valley. Ice is out on the lower river and most … More
Holtrachem mercury – It’s still here.
The Department of Marine Resources has closed upper Penobscot Bay to fishing after a court-ordered study found elevated concentrations of … More
How did U.S. presidents eat their salmon?
For eighty years, recreational salmon anglers on the Penobscot River in Maine upheld the annual tradition of giving the first … More
Penobscot River Restoration Continues with Removal of Veazie Dam
Restoration of the mighty Penobscot River became one step closer to reality on July 22, when hundreds of people gathered … More
Sturgeon Moon Rising
In June 2006 I was in the boat with University of Maine researchers when they caught the second and third … More
