BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 30, 2021
The Maine Department of Marine Resources is in the process of imposing stricter requirements for fish passage on four dams located in the lower part of the Kennebec River between Waterville and Skowhegan with the aim of restoring populations of sea-run fish, including the endangered Atlantic salmon. It recommends that a federal regulator decommission and remove two dams and that another two be studied for removal. Brookfield Renewable Partners, the massive Toronto-based company that owns the dams, sued DMR on Tuesday, arguing state law requires the amendment process to go through Maine’s agricultural and energy offices as well.