Passamaquoddy Tribe Re-Acquires Land Whose Former Owner Was Called 'Maine’s Most Wanted Polluter'

MAINE PUBLIC • September 22, 2021

The Passamaquoddy tribe will soon regain control of the site of an ancient fishing village located at a remote lake in Meddybemps, which in the tribe's language means "place of many alewives." The site's more recent history was as a dumping grounds for toxic military waste, but tribe members have turned it into a park, and they are working with conservationists to restore historic fish populations on the river below. That's thanks to a long and successful collaboration among the tribe, state and federal governments, conservationists, and the descendants of a man once dubbed "Maine's most wanted polluter."