BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 15, 2023
When the Down East chapter of Trout Unlimited formed in October 2019 to fill the void created after the Sunkhaze Trout Unlimited chapter closed, it meant folks from Greater Bangor and points to the north and east would again have a local group working on fisheries and river conservation projects in Maine. Despite considerable interest in the organization — as it provided people a closer location than Trout Unlimited’s Georges River chapter based in Rockland — the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic barely five months later stalled the group’s efforts. Finally, things are returning to some semblance of normal.