Partners in the Restoration Project

Penobscot River Restoration Trust

Penobscot River Restoration Project Before and After Habitat Access

EastEast Branch Branch Penobscot Penobscot River East Branch Penobscot River RestoredRestored use of use upriver of upriver spawning spawning habitat for Diminished use of salmon,habitat shad, for alewife, salmon, upstream spawning Mattawamkeag River bluebackshad, herring, alewife, and eels Mattawamkeag River habitat by salmon blueback herring, and eels and eels

Pleasant River Pleasant River Underused state Pleasant River State of the art of the art passage for salmon, upstream fish alewife, shad, West Enfield passage Piscataquis River WestWest Enfield Enfield Piscataquis River Piscataquis River blueback herring, Howland HowlandHowland and eels Little or no Restored commercial, commercial, recreational, Old Town Little if any passage of recreational, OronoOld Old Town Town Full restoration of Orono or tribal shad, alewife, blueback and tribal Orono historical habitat and Bangor Bangor sustenance herring, striped bass, sustenance Bangor access for salmon, shad, fisheries Penobscot River sturgeon, smelt, and fisheries PenobscotPenobscot River River alewife, blueback herring, tomcod, impaired Bucksport Bucksport eel, striped bass, sturgeon, passage of eels smelt, and tomcod Bucksport

Existing Access for Significantly Improved Sea-Run Fish Access for Sea-Run Fish to Nearly 1,000 Miles

Penobscot Project in the News

Howland begins tannery cleanup - Bangor Daily News, July 7, 2010

Maine OKs decomissioning on Penobscot - Kennebec Journal, July 22, 2010

Penobscot River Trust takes possession of three dams – Bangor Daily News, Dec 20, 2010

Penobscot river restoration effort takes giant leap forward – Public Radio, Dec 20, 2010

Penobscot restoration benefits all – Bangor Daily News, Jan 6, 2011

Projected Conditions MMI Engineering