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September 25, 2025

Historic sale of dams clears the way for salmon to return to the Kennebec River

  • The Nature Conservancy is spending $168 million to purchase four hydroelectric dams in Maine.
    • By EMMETT GARTNER
    The Maine Monitor

    Photo by Patrick Dockens/USFWS [enlarge]
    The Lockwood Dam near Waterville is one of four dams to be purchased by The Nature Conservancy on the lower Kennebec River.

    The Nature Conservancy on Tuesday announced a landmark investment worth $168 million to purchase and oversee Brookfield Renewable's four hydroelectric dams on the lower Kennebec River in Maine, paving the way for their eventual removal.


     
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