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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

Maine, mercury, Penobscot River, pollution, rivers, seafood

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

fish, Maine, Penobscot River, politics, restoration, rivers, salmon, seafood
image of Narraguagus River

The Can Do Crew

In December 2011 Atlantic Salmon Journal asked me to report on activities of the Downeast Salmon Federation in eastern Maine, … More

Atlantic Salmon Journal, conservation, dam removal, Downeast Salmon Federation, fish, history, Maine, restoration, rivers, salmon

Spring Tradition: Anglers Vied to Catch Penobscot’s Presidental Salmon

This article appeared in the Bangor Daily News on March 30, 2012.One hundred years ago, a local fly-fisherman decided to … More

conservation, dam removal, fish, history, Maine, Penobscot River, restoration, rivers, salmon, seafood

Redemption for the sea lamprey

Sea lamprey have a bad reputation as a flesh-eating monsters, but the sea-run fish are are native to the Maine … More

dam removal, fish, Maine, Penobscot River, rivers, sea lamprey, The Working Waterfront
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