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Allowing Fish Back into the Androscoggin

Federal regulators and dam owners are about a year into the five-year process of relicensing the 50-year-old hydroelectric dam that spans the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. Local environmentalists say it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to evaluate and redesign passageways that have failed to allow fish migration.

MPBN on Merrymeeting Bay

Formed by the confluence of six rivers, Merrymeeting Bay drains almost 40% of Maine’s fresh water into the Gulf of Maine through Chop Point. The bay is a unique inland freshwater river delta and the largest staging ground for migratory waterfowl in the Northeast.