PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 21, 2021
I grew up while the same debate was raging over the Edwards Dam in Augusta. Local politicians argued that dam removal would wreck Augusta’s economy. It didn’t. Instead, Edwards Dam removal brought a dead river back to life, and now the city of Augusta has a downtown waterfront that has been transformed by embracing the river. Brookfield tries to greenwash these dams by calling them “clean hydro.” That’s spin. Brookfield is killing this river. We speak for these salmon on the endangered species list because of non-management of their critical habitat. ~ Michael Jones, Naples