The Penobscot River Restoration Project is one of the largest, most creative river restoration projects in our nation's history. In an
unprecedented collaboration, hydropower company PPL Corporation, the
Penobscot Indian Nation, six conservation groups, and state and federal
agencies, are working together to restore 11 species of sea-run fish to
the Penobscot River, while maintaining energy production. Successful
implementation of the project will revive not only native fisheries but
social, cultural and economic traditions of New England's second
largest river- the Penobscot.
The Penobscot River Restoration
Trust is the non-profit organization charged with implementing the core
aspects of the restoration effort, including purchase and removal of
the two lowermost dams on the Penobscot River, Veazie and Great Works,
and purchase and decommissioning of a third dam, Howland Dam, where a
proposed nature-like fish bypass is being planned. Members of the Trust
include the Penobscot Indian Nation, American Rivers, Atlantic Salmon
Federation, Maine Audubon, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Trout
Unlimited, and The Nature Conservancy. The tribe and each conservation
organization is represented on the board of directors, along with three
additional board members.
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