Hundreds celebrate completion of Penobscot restoration project
Source: bangor daily news
HOWLAND, Maine — Pat Keliher still remembers an early morning phone call during which a professional colleague outlined a bold idea that could help transform the Penobscot River.
“[Andy Goode of the Atlantic Salmon Federation] said, ‘Hey. We want to take two dams off the Penobscot and build a big river around another dam. What do you think?’” recounted Keliher, who now serves as the commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources. “I said a few words I don’t think I can say here today. But [then] I said, ‘Hey? You know what? Maybe that will work.’”
It worked.
On Tuesday, hundreds of project supporters gathered at the confluence of the Piscataquis and Penobscot rivers to celebrate the official completion of the Penobscot River Restoration Project.
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