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PublishedJuly 11, 2024
Watch: Rumford supports Brookfield’s license renewal for Rumford Falls Hydro
Sportsmen's groups want to see water cascading over the spectacular falls on the Androscoggin River year-round, not just in the spring and following heavy rainstorms due to water being diverted away from the falls.
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
Kennebec River dam owner dismisses state fish passage plan as counterproductive
Brookfield Renewable and the state disagree on a suitable solution to let endangered Atlantic salmon and other river-run fish pass the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield to reach spawning grounds in the Sandy River.
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PublishedApril 18, 2022
National conservation group joins call to save Maine’s salmon rivers
American Rivers says dams owned by Brookfield Renewable Energy threaten the survival of salmon and other fish in the Kennebec, Penobscot and Union rivers.
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PublishedApril 5, 2022
Conservationists criticize dam owner for impeding salmon migration along Kennebec River
The Kennebec Coalition and the Conservation Law Foundation say Brookfield Renewable Partners must do more to project the endangered Atlantic salmon at four Brookfield dams from Waterville to Skowhegan.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2021
Federal regulators will review effects of 4 lower Kennebec dams on fish
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will study the Shawmut Dam in Fairfield and three others that fish must pass to reach key habitat in western Maine’s Sandy River.
Brookfield Renewable Energy
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