MAINE MONITOR • February 14, 2025
Residents in Dover-Foxcroft could see their property tax bills increase by hundreds of dollars each year if the town commits to maintaining its ailing dam on the Piscataquis River to federal standards. In June, voters rejected plans to remove the Mayo Mill dam. Removing the dam would likely have been funded with outside grants; there are likely far fewer outside funding opportunities available for ongoing maintenance. Maintaining the dam to federal standards would run the town just under $10 million. Eileen Bader Hall, of The Nature Conservancy in Maine, said, if the town wants to reconsider “dam removal and river restoration, we stand ready to partner with them to help plan and implement a solution.” Meanwhile, federal funding options for fish passage could be the next allocation axed by President Donald Trump.