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Schoodic Stream, a small tributary to the Piscataquis River. Ideal habitat for adult and juvenile Atlantic salmon. Photo: Heather Perry The Penobscot River provides the largest freshwater input into the Gulf of Maine, and there are important connections between sea-run fish and groundfish and other commercially important species in Penobscot Bay. Photo: Cheryl Daigle. Butch Philips birch bark canoe on the banks of the Penobscot. Stillwater River. Energy increases as part of the river restoration effort have already taken place at the Stillwater Dam. Photo by Cheryl Daigle.
Penobscot River in Old Town, Maine. Photo by Cheryl Daigle. Basin Mills Rips, site of a failed attempt to build a dam in the 1990's, shows a stretch of free-flowing river that is similar to what the river will look like in Veazie and Old Town where the two lowermost dams are to be removed. Photo: Cheryl Daigle. The bridge to Indian Island from Old Town. Photo: Martin Neptune The picturesque Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park. High quality spawning and juvenile nursery habitat for Atlantic salmon and American shad. Photo: Bill Curtsinger
The Mattawamkeag River is a tributary of the Penobscot, and historically provided important spawning habitat and juvenile rearing habitat for alewives, blueback herring, Atlantic salmon, and American shad. Photo: Cheryl Daigle. A quiet stretch of the Penobscot River. Photo by Bridget Besaw Gorman. Sunset on the Penobscot River. Photo by Joe Dana. On Pushaw Stream, a tributary of the Penobscot River. Photo by Cheryl Daigle.
Town of Rockport on Penobscot Bay. Photo by Cheryl Daigle. Guide Mike Butler's boat waiting to be launched on a still day. Photo: Bill Curtsinger An island on the Penobscot River. Photo by Cheryl Daigle. Fishing at sunrise on the lower Penobscot River. Photo: Joe Dana.
Mattawamkeag River, a tributary of the Penobscot, will see renewed runs of American shad, river herring, Atlantic salmon, American eel and sea lamprey with successful completion of the restoration project. Photo: Cheryl Daigle. The Penobscot River watershed drains over 8750 square miles; this lake will see renewed runs of alewives, an important forage fish for other fish and wildlife in the watershed. Photo: Cheryl Daigle. Fiddleheads on the banks of the Penobscot River. Photo: Joe Dana. A tributary of the Penobscot River in northern Maine. Photo: Cheryl Daigle.
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