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• The Nature Conservancy negotiates deal to return free flowing conditions on the lower Kennebec

  Press release: The Nature Conservancy and Brookfield Reach Deal for Four Lower Kennebec River Dams Agreement creates historic opportunity for collaborative community process to restore the river and strengthen the…

  September 27, 2025

• Androscoggin River should be recognized for cleanup efforts

  SUN JOURNAL • May 30, 2025 Androscoggin River, once a ‘national disgrace’, should be recognized for cleanup efforts, advocates say Joe Charpentier LEWISTON — Over 50 years after U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie helped usher…

  June 6, 2025

• Brunswick Topsham Land Trust to host……..Voices from the Androscoggin: The Pejepscot Falls and Humanity’s Changing Relationship to Nature

  Come out and learn the history of our very own falls. Brunswick Topsham Land Trust requests that you register in advance. Voices From and For the Land: Voices from the…

  March 13, 2025

• Portland Press Article “Free the Androscoggin River and restore sea-run fish”

  March 4, 2025

• Brunswick Resolution to Support Improved Fish Passage

  February 27, 2025

• From Press Herald: Brunswick officials voice support for better fish passage on the Androscoggin River

  Brunswick officials voice support for better fish passage on the Androscoggin River

  February 27, 2025

• Town Hall Meetings This Week to Consider Fish Passage

  Next week, on Monday February 3rd at 6:30PM, the Brunswick Town Council will consider a resolution to support improved fish passage at the dam.  Then on Thursday, February 6th at…

  February 2, 2025

• Yarmouth to Remove Dams

  Maine town approves plan to remove two Royal River dams https://apnews.com/us-news/maine-animals-taxes-general-news-0b06bf9798bdf58a0851ec350356c51b?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=share The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider…

  January 15, 2025

• WCME MIDCOAST MORNING BUZZ

  Chip Spies interview can be heard here. Chip Spies, Coordinator of the “Free the Andro” Coalition on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz

  January 14, 2025

• Save the Andro Coalition Launched

  CONSERVATION GROUP LAUNCHES TO RESTORE ADROSCOGGIN RIVER AS FEDERAL RELICENSING OF BRUNSWICK-TOPSHAM DAM BEGINS Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance to Reconnect the Androscoggin to the Sea for Fish, Wildlife, and Healthy Waters for…

  January 13, 2025