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The project is expected to cost nearly $6 million, with $3.7 million funded by the federal government. Yarmouth will seek additional funding from other federal, state, and local sources.

A federal licensing process offers a chance to restore migratory fish to the Androscoggin River.

The owner of three dams in the Bucksport area wants to give up ownership of the dams.

The state initially drafted a denial of the water quality certification for the dam, operated by Brookfield Renewable, in 2021, as part of a federal dam relicensing process, pointing to concerns about the passage of endangered Atlantic salmon.

This is a rebroadcast of an earlier show (original air date December 8, 2020); no calls will be taken.The removal of the Edwards Dam from the Kennebec…

The removal of the Edwards Dam from the Kennebec River — and the Great Works and Veazie Dams from the Penobscot — made national news and ushered in a new…