MORNING SENTINEL • April 8, 2021
Amid the flurry of public comments from municipalities and a lawsuit regarding a proposed amendment to the Kennebec River Management Plan, Maine Department of Marine Resources’ Commissioner Patrick Keliher on Thursday afternoon said that the department is pulling the amendment due to a “process issue,” which makes the situation “have to go back to the beginning.” The proposed amendment was aimed at improving fish passage for Maine’s diadromous fish, or species that live in both river and ocean, to spawning areas up the river. The amendment included the potential removal of four dams along the Kennebec River. Keliher said, “We want to make it clear this does not change the goal of the agency related to fishery restoration on the Kennebec.”