$2M dam project will help open the St. Croix River to sea-run fish

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 24, 2023

A fishway at the Woodland Dam on the St. Croix River in Baileyville will be modernized thanks to a $2 million grant from the National Fish Passage Program. The fish lift project will replace a 1960s-era fishway that was deemed too small, poorly designed and a safety hazard, in addition to hampering the migration of fish. Three dams located along the lower St. Croix River have prevented most anadromous (sea-run) fish, which spend most of their lives in the ocean but return to rivers and streams to spawn, from reaching traditional spawning grounds. The fish lift is expected to provide fish with access to more than 600 miles of rivers and streams in the watershed.