From The Washington Post: "According to a report from the EPA program that manages the bay cleanup, the reservoir behind the hydroelectric dam, which sits at the top of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, has filled with sediment far sooner than the agency had predicted."
From Maine Public: "Gov. Paul LePage wants the state to take over a small dam in northern Maine that straddles the border with Canada on the St. Croix River."
From the Portland Press Herald: "Staffers have urged regulators to reject the appeals of two groups that say the fish passages in the agreement don't go far enough."
From the Bangor Daily News: "A long-simmering situation has heated up in recent months as the mill owner has filed paperwork with the FERC that would allow it to surrender its license to the dam and remove two of the three gates."
From the Portland Press Herald: "A pulp and paper company's move to surrender the dams worries communities bordering lakes and draws intervention efforts from Canada."
From king.senate.gov: "U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced today that he has introduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation that would help identify and eliminate bureaucratic hurdles standing in the way of Maine’s ability to more effectively utilize hydro as a source of energy."
From Valley News: "Great River Hydro will be filing a license application with FERC next Monday — less than two weeks after taking ownership of the dams."
From CBC News: "Hundreds of property owners in New Brunswick and Maine now fear for the value of their summer homes after a proposal to permanently remove two of the gates from a dam at the base of East Grand Lake."
From the New York Times: "They are determined and stubborn, but their tireless upstream journeys increasingly ended at the dams and obstructions of human industry."