TURNER PUBLISHING • May 12, 2020
The Lower Barker Mill Dam has been licensed after a six-year effort by the city, Androscoggin Land Trust, National Park Service, Bates College, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, American Whitewater, Trout Unlimited, Atlantic Salmon Federation and many federal and state fisheries related agencies and others. The biggest benefit of this is increased recreation opportunities for the public, those involved said. “The recreation potential this brings to Auburn is the ‘big win,'” said Eric Cousens, Auburn deputy director of economic and community development.