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2025

Passamaquoddy celebrate success in restoring alewife populations

The alewife, long recognized by the Passamaquoddy people as the "fish that feeds all," is coming back to its ancestral spawning grounds in record numbers after decades of contending with obstructed waterways.

2025

Harvesting of alewives returns to Pennamaquan after 15 years

After 15 years, the alewife harvest has returned to the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke.

2025

Fishway at Whiting Mill Pond dam to restore alewife habitat access

A fishway planned for the historic Whiting Mill Pond dam will restore access to important habitat for a variety of native fish species while enabling the dam to remain in place as a landmark feature in the town and retaining the pond's reservoir for firefighting purposes.

2025

World’s largest clam garden ready for first harvesting

World’s largest clam garden ready for first harvesting

The Sipayik Community Clam Garden – a project that began in 2022 in Half Moon Cove and has since become the largest soft-shell clam garden in the world – is nearing its first harvest, according to steward Erik S. Francis. All of the clams from the harvest will be distributed to tribal

2016

Ice core research sheds light on climate change

The research of ice core samples from the remote areas of the world as a part of climate change study may feel very far from Downeast Maine. But the ice-out on the region's lakes this year as some of the earliest ever recorded may be connecting the dots.

2005

Grand Manan eyes wind farm to supply all of island’s power

By this time next year, Grand Manan should be the first Canadian community to have its energy demands met entirely by renewable resources. Eastern Wind Power of Quispamsis, N.B., plans to install 20 megawatts of generating capacity in the spring of 2006 at its Dark Harbour Wind Farm.