BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 13, 2025
The Penobscots have identified Mill Brook Dam in Searsport, Pitcher Pond Dam in Lincolnville and Chickawaukie Pond Outlet in Rockland as barriers to the migration of Atlantic salmon, alewives, American eels and brook trout to their native spawning grounds, according to Carter Cates, fisheries program outreach coordinator for the Penobscot Nation. They are the latest in a long line of dams, including recently on the Kennebec River, that have either been removed or modified to allow migratory species of fish access to their native grounds.