MAINE PUBLIC • November 12, 2026
Maine wildlife officials want a subsidiary of energy giant Brookfield Renewable to pay $120,000 for a series of mass fish strandings caused by malfunctions at the Ripogenus Dam near Baxter State Park. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife proposed the payments to compensate for the hundreds of landlocked salmon and brook trout that were killed when water flows from the dam were abruptly reduced in 2023, 2025 and 2026. The dam on the west branch of the Penobscot River is owned by Brookfield affiliate Great Lakes Hydro America.