BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June x, 2022
Rivers abound in Maine. One of those rivers is the mighty Penobscot River. Its history is as varied as that of Maine itself and beyond. In Peter Taylor’s book, “From the Mountains to the Sea,” a journey of restoration is explored in words and photos, culminating in an unlikely collaboration between people and organizations. One June day in 2016, an Atlantic salmon made its way upriver through the town of Howland, bound for spawning grounds that had been blocked for 200 years. This single historic event came on the heels of a lot of work involving the innovative removal of dams with no net loss of hydropower. It involved many people and organizations from diverse backgrounds coming together to make a dream into a reality.