BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 30, 2021
When thousands of alewives leave the salty Atlantic Ocean next spring to reproduce in freshwater ponds, those headed to the Bagaduce River watershed will have an easier trip due to the recent completion of Maine’s first watershed-wide fish passage restoration. Since 2017, the towns of Penobscot, Sedgwick and Brooksville, along with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries and several organizations, have been working to ease the arduous journey for alewives at local connections between oceans and freshwater ponds. The last of the five projects was completed in October.