"Some of Maine’s biggest environmental success stories of the last 30 years involve removing dams, and these are old dams, generally low in the watershed, have not produced very much power but ...

What happens with Maine’s remaining dams could have dramatic implications ... But at an average age of 104 years old, they ...

You're not alone. In 1999, the Edwards Dam in Maine was knocked down against the owner's will. The dam generated a percentage of Maine's electrical energy, but it totally wiped out the salmon ...

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.

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 ...

Now, he fears that the likely dismantling of a century-old dam nearby will lower the river’s water levels and hurt his property value.

In some areas communities still use ancient water storage infrastructures and rely on centuries-old canals ... the Edwards Dam was removed from the Kennebec River near Augusta, Maine, populations ...

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 ...

(THE MAINE MONITOR) - Federal regulators issued guidance last month suggesting that four lower Kennebec River dams can continue operating if their owner makes slight modifications to allow ...

Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday. The train derailment occurred ...

A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight train ...