• Published

  June 2, 2022
  

  Kennebec River dam owner dismisses state fish passage plan as counterproductive

  Brookfield Renewable and the state disagree on a suitable solution to let endangered Atlantic salmon and other river-run fish pass the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield to reach spawning grounds in the Sandy River.

• Published

  April 18, 2022
  

  National conservation group joins call to save Maine’s salmon rivers

  American Rivers says dams owned by Brookfield Renewable Energy threaten the survival of salmon and other fish in the Kennebec, Penobscot and Union rivers.

• Published

  April 5, 2022
  

  Conservationists criticize dam owner for impeding salmon migration along Kennebec River

  The Kennebec Coalition and the Conservation Law Foundation say Brookfield Renewable Partners must do more to project the endangered Atlantic salmon at four Brookfield dams from Waterville to Skowhegan.

• Published

  November 24, 2021
  

  Federal regulators will review effects of 4 lower Kennebec dams on fish

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will study the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield and three others that fish must pass to reach key habitat in western Maine’s Sandy River.