Think you have to choose between earning money and having a fun summer? Think again!The Downeast Salmon Federation and the Cobscook Community Learning Center are working together to put on a two week experience for teens interested in outdoor careers. This co-ed youth crew will live at the Wigwams Rapid on the Machias River and work together with professionals doing trail work, salmon habitat restoration and participating in an archaeological dig. At the same time, they will paddle, gain skills, swim and finish the summer with a $200 honorarium in recognition for their contribution.
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After many years of effort, the Passamaquoddy Schoodic Riverkeepers, Aroostook Band of Micmacs, Houlton Bands of Maliseets, Penobscot Nation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, NOAA Fisheries, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, the Conservation Law Foundation, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and Maine Rivers join with state legislators, scientists, commercial and recreational fishermen and our Canadian counterparts to celebrate a milestone in ongoing efforts to restore access to habitat on the St. Croix watershed. Join us June 5 at 10 am at Grand Falls
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On Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at 10:00 AM, the Downeast Salmon Federation will host a 4-mile running race on the Downeast Sunrise Trail in Machias and East Machias Maine. The race will be a fundraiser to help complete renovations on DSF's new East Machias Aquatic Research Center. DSF is already using the EMARC facility and is raising funds to create a classroom, a wet lab and finish the visitor center.
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By Steve Mistlersmistler@pressherald.com
Staff Writer
AUGUSTA— The Maine Legislature passed a bill that would end an 18-year blockade that prevented alewives from running in most of the St. Croix River.
The bill, L.D. 72, passed the Senate by a vote of 33-0. The House voted 123-24 to enact the measure. The margins are sufficient to enact the emergency bill.
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The Marine Resources Committee unanimously supports the fish's return to much of the St. Croix River.
By Colin Woodard cwoodard@pressherald.com
Staff Writer
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has endorsed a measure that would open most of the St. Croix River to alewives, a small schooling fish, by the end of this month.
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Two local conservation groups have requested a federal judge order the temporary shutdown of turbines at four hydroelectric dams on the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers this spring to save thousands of out-migrating young Atlantic salmon. Without a shutdown, the endangered salmon smolts will be forced through rapidly spinning turbine blades at each dam,where a high percentage will be killed in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The dams involved are Weston, Shawmut, and Lockwood dams on the Kennebec River, and Brunswick dam on the Androscoggin River.
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Working Waterfront
by Craig Idlebrook
The St. Croix River in Washington County may host some of the most counted and studied alewives in the country. The controversy over whether to restore alewife access throughout the river has spawned multiple studies, and stakeholders have a plethora of data to crunch about the river’s alewife population.
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First Salmon Ceremonies are integral to the culture of many indigenous people throughout the Pacific Northwest. For generations, the first catch of each year is honored as a gift, and after being shared among the community in a special meal, the bones and remnants are returned to the river, in thanksgiving for the source and the cycle of life. It’s not easy to replicate this sacred rite where money is involved, but 1% for the Planet (1% FTP) represents one attempt.
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One of our latest habitat restoration projects is occurring at the outlet of Crawford Lake. Located at the headwaters of the East Machias River, this site provides access to over 4,500 acres of lakes that are critical as alewife spawning and salmon overwintering habitats.
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Wherever you go in Downeast Maine, you are in a salmon watershed. Each place provides an opportunity to make a difference for salmon conservation, and that is why DSF was excited to prepare an easement for a wetland property owned by Washington Academy (WA).
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The Downeast Salmon Federation (DSF) is collaborating with Project SHARE, University of Maine, DEP, DMR and the seafood industry to use clam shells as a tool to restore biological productivity in our coastal watersheds.
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The May 19 event will celebrate the sea-run fish's return to the Sebasticook River.
BENTON - A festival in May will hail the return of alewives to the Sebasticook River and celebrate the financial and cultural impact of the sea-run fish.
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WOOLWICH — Steve Dodge, who has been helping with springtime alewife harvests in Woolwich for 54 years, held up a stick with 10 smoked fish Sunday and told a reporter to “write us up big.”
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East Machias (Channel 5 News Center) - Several thousand wild Atlantic salmon have a new home in East Machias.
The Aquatic Research Center opened it's hatchery and visitor center.
" This is really setting the stage for the next phase of restoration in our rivers. We're bringing technology in from Europe. We're bringing new methods in. We're experimenting with new approaches," said Downeast Salmon Federation Executive Director, Dwayne Shaw.
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EAST MACHIAS, Maine (Channel 2 NEWS CENTER)-- Fishing can be a relaxing and peaceful experience, and a new aquatic research center has opened in East Machias to help stock fish and teach people about the environment.
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