BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 10, 2024
Next year the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will rule on the licensing of a private hydro dam at the outlet of Green Lake. According to Burr, the likely scenario is that the commission will require the installation of fish ways in the dam, the cost of which would force the closure of the hydro facility and the eventual removal of the dam. Green Lake is one of only 14 Maine waters that hold native arctic charr, which the state has pledged to protect at all costs. How does this jibe with the Maine’s Department of Marine Resources’s alewife priority? ~ V. Paul Reynolds