‘Take It Down and They’ll Return’: The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River

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"When you dam a river, it’s like flooding a house. Water pools and settles, as does sediment, and what you get is a warm, still environment, nothing like the lively, textured existence of a flowing river. But when you remove a dam, the river’s rebound is robust and swift. In 2018, just six years after the removal of the first dam, more than two million river herring (which includes alewives) were counted passing through a local fish lift in addition to 772 salmon. “When we do on-the-ground restoration actions with these fish, they respond immediately,” says Payne Wynne. “It’s fascinating. And it’s unique in the restoration world, because in other spheres of restoration, it can take decades to see any real response to the actual, immediate restoration activity.”   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/dam-removal-project-maine-penobscot-river-success/?fbclid=IwAR29cvq3PBNx-8XkNdmlBiRviK4Y3Dx1i1QrWLvlU2v8-_6i6yOOLkXIqIw

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