Celebrate the publication of Cobbossee Fish Passage Feasibility Study at Gardiner Paperboard and New Mills Dams by Joe McLean, P.E. from Acadia Civil Works. Video Introduction by Joe: https://youtu.be/2cTgLBaeEHM

Cobbossee Fish Passage Feasibility Study at Gardiner Paperboard Dam and New Mills Dam

What’s all this talk about fish in Cobbosseecontee Stream?

We have all seen fish decorations around Gardiner…in planters along the street…at the entrance of Gardiner Library…along the waterfront. What this all about? Why is the Kennebec and Cobbosseecontee Stream so special? Aren’t there dams along Cobbosseecontee Stream in Gardiner that block fish passage?

Why is this all coming up today?

To schedule a dynamic presentation with Steve please call 582-0213 or email upstreamcobbossee@gmail.com

Please click the link to the informative and entertaining presentation from Steve Brooke of Upstream about our favorite fish the Alewife!

https://youtu.be/FjyOqzhEEbY

Steve Brooke has been fascinated by the Kennebec’s fishery since he moved to Hallowell almost 50 years ago. From the mid-1980s to1999 he worked with the Kennebec Coalition, building a case for fisheries restoration on the lower Kennebec by removing the Edwards Dam in Augusta. After retiring as a Senior Planner from the State Planning Office, he now serves on the Board of “Upstream”, a local Gardiner, Maine group working to return river herring to the Cobbosseecontee watershed.

Upstream dedicated to restoring sea-run fish and ecological health to Cobbossee Stream. Do one thing for fish passage a day!

For more information contact Upstream: Call 582-0213, email upstreamcobbossee@gmail.com or http://facebook.com/alewivesupstreamcobbosseecontee

Thank you to the 107 volunteers that cleaned up 31 locations in Cobbossee Watershed to celebrate Earth Day and Day of Caring for the First Annual Great Cobbossee Watershed Clean Up on April 23, 2022! Volunteers pulled out over 2,100 pounds of trash out of Cobbossee Stream and the watershed!