The word means “waters of descending ledge.” New England’s second largest river system, the Penobscot drains an area of 8,570 square miles.
A fish bypass was installed at Howland Dam. Penobscot River restoration project to open 1,000 miles of habitat to salmon. The Natural Resources Council of Maine is proud to be a founding member of the Penobscot River Restoration Project and the Penobscot River Restoration Trust.The Trust worked for more than a decade to restore magnificent runs of Atlantic salmon, shad, and other sea-run fish to the Penobscot River, the largest river in Maine. The restoration will have the largest positive impact on the Penobscot Indian Nation, whose historical ties to the Penobscot go back more than 10,000 years. Before the 1830s, there were no dams on Maine’s Penobscot River.

As part of the Penobscot River Restoration Project, several dams were modified or removed to improve river conditions. Completed in 2016, the nearly 20-year-long Penobscot River Restoration Project (PRRP) resulted in the removal of two dams on the river — the Great Works and Veazie dams — increased hydropower production at six dams, and the installation of a fish passageway at a dam site in Howland and a fish lift in Milford. Its West Branch rises near Penobscot Lake on the Maine/Quebec border; the East Branch at East Branch … The removal of two … The Penobscot River Restoration Project is a collaboration between the Penobscot Indian Nation, seven conservation groups, hydropower company PPL corporation, and state and federal governments, to restore 11 species of sea-run fish on the Penobscot River while balancing hydropower production. The Penobscot River Restoration Project (PRRP) began removal of Great Works Dam on June 11, 2012. The restoration of the Penobscot River is an unprecedented and innovative effort to remove two dams and build a state-of-the-art fish bypass around a third. A fish ladder has also been installed at Milford Dam. The Penobscot River Restoration Project (Penobscot Project), widely acclaimed as one of the nation’s most innovative restoration projects, is an unprecedented collaborative effort that will rebalance fisheries restoration with hydropower production in the largest watershed within Maine.

Penobscot River Restoration. A restored Penobscot River will renew tribal, angling, paddling, business, and social opportunities, and create connections to the river sure to foster future conservation efforts.
The Penobscot River was named by native peoples, who have occupied the Penobscot Valley for well over 5,000 years.. Back in 2011, before the removal of two mainstem dams during the Penobscot River Restoration Project, we followed researchers as they counted spawning nests and lamprey in …

As a result, thousands of miles of habitat along the Penobscot and its tributaries has been re-opened for 12 native species of sea-run fish. Arlington, VA Today’ marks the beginning of the removal of the 200-year old Great Works Dam on Maine’s Penobscot River and starts a process that will eventually open more than 1,000 miles of river to endangered Atlantic salmon and 10 other species of ocean-going fish. Atlantic salmon ran upstream in schools numbering 50,000 or more. The Penobscot River Restoration Project (PRRP) began removal of Great Works Dam on June 11, 2012. The PRRT, after FWS approval, will decommission the third dam and construct a …