Author: watershed narratives
In 1999 the Edwards Dam came down at the head of tide on the Kennebec. Upstream in the fall of 2008 the Halifax Dam was breached.
for the first time in 300 years hundreds of thousands of mooneyed fish could enter into the lower Sebasticook on their own.
Today the Lower Sebasticook is prime Eagle habitat due in no small part to the return of the alewives
in April 2014 – beneath the river’s surface over 2,500,000 alewives migrated upstream until they reached the Benton Falls dam.
there have been dams at Benton Falls since 1796. the present dam is now the first dam upstream on the Sebasticook .
Nate Gray stands on the bridge of the latest Benton Falls dam. He’s been doing this a long time. He is the captain of the ship.
Everything Eats Alewives 