SUN JOURNAL • September 16, 2022
Local conservation organizations are making strides on a multi-year plan to restore the Sabattus River and enable upstream fish passage for the first time in at least two hundred years. Conservationists are aiming to either remove or construct fish ladders over the five remaining dams on the river in the next several years, opening access to 75 miles of river and stream habitat for migrating fish. On Thursday, officials gathered in Lisbon on the banks of the Sabattus River to celebrate the removal of Upper Town Dam, located just upstream of Webster Road. It’s the second dam to be removed from the river in recent years.