PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 18, 2021
I was involved in the Augusta’s Edwards Dam removal for 25 years. The Kennebec River is the last hope for restoring wild Atlantic salmon in the United Stated. The amount of power lost at the lower dams on the Kennebec is minimal and the benefits of dam removal is well documented. Before we damned the Kennebec and made it an industrial river, Atlantic salmon ran wild in huge numbers and were harvested and sold all over the world. We were their demise and we have an obligation to restore them if we can! ~ Bruce Bowman, Palmyra