A long-term project to remove or modify dams may clear the way for endangered wild Atlantic salmon to swim freely up to the Sandy River. But it faces opposition from business and lawmakers.

Atlantic salmon in Maine are running out of time, river space, and cold water. Federal and state agencies have invested ...

University of Maine students are helping design improvements to a salmon-rearing facility along the Aroostook River, putting classroom learning ...

Students say their goal is to make the operation more efficient and sustainable, while giving the nonprofit a realistic plan ...

FILE- In this Jan. 19, 2019 file photo, the Brookfield Renewable hydroelectric facility stands at the Milford Dam on the Penobscot River in Milford, Maine. Environmental groups have withdrawn a ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Atlantic salmon in Maine, once abundant, are now seriously depleted. Hundreds of ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The last wild Atlantic salmon that return to U.S. rivers have had their most productive year in more than a decade, raising hopes they may be weathering myriad ecological ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Environmental groups and a Native American tribe accused the operator of a Maine dam on Monday of not fulfilling its obligation to protect the country’s last remaining Atlantic ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups said Monday it is withdrawing a lawsuit against a renewable energy giant that it has accused of jeopardizing the last remaining wild Atlantic ...

The current state of Atlantic salmon in Maine appears to be the product of the cumulative effects of centuries of anthropogenic and environmental impacts. At present, the threats to Atlantic salmon in ...