Improved Access to 2,000 Miles of the Penobscot Fish are using this bypass to access historic habitat. Removed two dams that blocked fish migrations for more than a century-the Great Works Dam and the Veazie Dam-and constructed an innovative, river-like bypass around the third dam on the river at Howland.Maintained hydropower production and is one of the nation’s most innovative river restoration projects.Opened up 2,000 miles of rivers and streams to sea-run fish like the Atlantic salmon and shad.View a full timeline of the Penobscot Project at the bottom of this page. NRCM is a proud founding member of this effort and, working with others, was been instrumental in its success. The Penobscot River Restoration Project was a collaborative effort to balance fisheries restoration and hydropower production in Maine’s largest watershed. The river's total fall from Penobscot Lake on the South Branch is 1,602 feet. 25 miles) and is brackish to the town of Hampden. The river is tidal from the base of the former Veazie Dam to its mouth near Bucksport (approx. The main stem empties into Penobscot Bay near the town of Bucksport. Its West Branch rises near Penobscot Lake on the Maine/Quebec border the East Branch at East Branch Pond near the headwaters of the Allagash River. New England's second largest river system, the Penobscot drains an area of 8,570 square miles.
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