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#timelinecleanse with #herring prophecies of the past.

4 Dams Set for Removal in #Maine Will Open Hundreds of Miles of #River for #Salmon, #Herring and #Sturgeon

By Andy Corbley, Oct 15, 2025

"In Maine, ownership of 4 large dams has been transferred to #TheNatureConservancy in a sale it hopes will return the river they operate on into prime habitat for salmon for the first time in a century.

"Operated by #BrookfieldRenewables, the dams along the lower #KennebecRiver prevent ocean going, freshwater fish like salmon from accessing #AncestralSpawningGrounds upriver.

"On September 15th, 2025, The Nature Conservancy (#TNC) and #Brookfield signed a purchase and sale agreement for the four dams totaling $138 million.

"The Kennebec River is fed by #SandyRiver in the heart of Maine before running down to the #GulfOfMaine past the towns of #SkowheganME and #WatervilleME. The Weston, Shawmut, #HydroKennebec, and Lockwood dams are located in intervals along this stretch, called the #LowerKennebec.

"The federal regulatory process for decommissioning a dam, as seen in the recent parallel in #California, where four dams were removed to make way for salmon, needed more than 5 years from start to finish. As a result, TNC will look to gather another $30 million in funding to create a nonprofit that will manage and oversee the decommissioning process, during which the dams could continue to generate power for 5 to 10 years.

"That would include working with Sappi North America, whose Somerset Mill, located between the town of Skowhegan and the #ShawmutDam, to find a solution to the company’s long-term water needs, which are currently met by this dam.

"Their twin goals in the decommissioning project are to return free-flowing conditions to the lower Kennebec River to support regionally-#endangered #NorthAtlanticSalmon, while doing so in collaboration with existing stakeholders in the dams’ activities, Sappi included.

" 'TNC and its partners are 100% committed to developing a solution with Sappi that fully addresses the Somerset Mill’s long-term water system needs,' the organization wrote in a statement. 'We understand the vital role of the Somerset Mill for the forest products industry and the state’s economy.'

"#AtlanticSalmon are considered near-threatened worldwide, but certain stocks in the North Atlantic have almost completely disappeared. Access to Sandy River via the lower Kennebec would open up hundreds of miles of prime habitat for spawning and coming of age.

"Brookfield maintains dams higher up the river, but these areas are considered to be of poor habitat quality. Those dams also happen to produce substantially more electricity than the dams along the lower stretch of the river—those set to be removed.

"The Maine Monitor reports that fishing advocacy groups have argued for the dam’s removal for 'decades.' #RiverHerring [#Alewives], the federally-protected #AtlanticSturgeon, and #AmericanEel all rely on Maine’s freshwater rivers to either spawn or feed before swimming out to sea.

"The current predicament finds around one-twelfth of the historic spawning population of Atlantic salmon returning to the Kennebec via the gulf, where they’re captured at #LockwoodDam and actually trucked up the roads past the next three dams to spawn. During the reverse journey many do not survive the journey to the gulf past the industrial infrastructure.

"The removal of the #KlamathRiver dams this time last year produced incredible results immediately, with fish finding their way back upstream far past the farthest dam to spawn within a single season, proving that ancestral instincts can remain intact despite generations of fish not being able to act on them.

"But examples also lie closer to home, with dams removed years past along another Maine river, the #PenobscotRiver, resulting in long-term economic and environmental improvements."

Source:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4-dams-set-for-removal-in-maine-will-open-hundreds-of-miles-of-river-for-salmon-herring-and-sturgeon/

#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Maine #EndangeredSpecies #WaterIsLife

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #514: Manatee and Herring farts.
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#fart #marinebiology #manatees #herring #ignobelprize #science #facts #funfacts #webcomic #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

“Of aal the fish there iss in the sea,” said Para Handy, “nothing bates the herrin’; it’s a providence they’re plentiful and them so cheap!”

Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories, as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip”

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https://www.herripedia.com/para-handy/

#Scottish #literature #humour #shortstory #herring #19thcentury #20thcentury

#BostonWeekend Sun FISH This is the first I'm HERRING about it but this #Watertown festival looks fun. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-herring-festival-tickets-1985512091113 #FishPuns #Herring #WatertownMA #Boston #BostonKids #Fish #Migration

Herring running upriver in Weymouth MA. They come in from the Atlantic, to the Bay and then up the Back River to Whitmans Pond to spawn. This is at the base on one of the ladders. #Herring #Spawn #Weymouth #Fish #Conservation

The importance of herring for local Indigenous communities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmAtb32Zzg&t=342s

#herring #BritishColumbia

🌍🇩🇰 Denmark's *brilliant* idea to snag #California from Trump could only be the result of too much #herring or a national midlife crisis. 😂 Because nothing says “Danish paradise” like Hollywood traffic and sky-high rent! Share the dream, because who doesn't want to swap hygge for Hollywood Boulevard? 🌴💸
https://denmarkification.com/ #Denmark #nationalmidlifecrisis #HollywoodDream #HackerNews #ngated

@TheDailyBurble

Indeed. For us at the Roamers's it's Dutch-style cured Maatjes herrings [1] in joghurt with apples, gherkins and onions, with potatoes. Early lunch rather than breakfast, as the kids, just like the parents, won't leave bed until late!

[1] harvested in sustainable grounds off Norway

#FirstNewYearFamilyMeal #Maatjes #herring

#BostonWeekend 17x Sat 6-8p FISH x ART Mystic River Artist in Residence Presents: Dance of the Herring!
https://mysticriver.org/events/2025/10/4/mystic-river-artist-in-residence-presents-art-in-the-park #herring #fish #MedfordMA #MysticRiver

Just landed in #Amsterdam to learn that our connecting flight to #Toulouse is delayed...

MORE TIME FOR #HERRING! 🦈🥳

#Airtravel #traveling #travel

'...[A]lmost all the herring in the waters near the coast are being scooped up by industrial trawlers so they can be ground up and fed to...Norwegian farmed salmon.' https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/world-s-hunger-for-salmon-linked-to-an-ecological-disaster #herring #surstromming #foodhistory #delicacies #fishing

I wonder if genetic food cravings are a thing?

If your ancestors ate a lot of a certain food, are you as an organism predisposed to favour that item too?

I'm half Finn and a quarter German and when there's a jar of pickled herring in the house I'm hard pressed to think of anything else.

I need a research grant.

#herring #genetics #foodCravings

I have become a #tinnedFish person.

I've been buying sustainably caught #sardines at #Costco for a while now, but I recently picked up some #wildPlanet #whiteanchovies and they are delicious! Not salty at all, very mild flavor and nice texture.

Now I want to try #herring

#food #fish #anchovies

“Of aal the fish there iss in the sea,” said Para Handy, “nothing bates the herrin’; it’s a providence they’re plentiful and them so cheap!”

Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories, as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip”

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https://www.herripedia.com/para-handy/

#Scottish #literature #humour #shortstory #herring #19thcentury #20thcentury

Turns out #herring #culture was disrupted by overfishing to such a degree that they spawned elsewhere. This shows how important the social lives of these animals are. Their intelligence and social complexity is criminally undervalued...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08983-3

Herring rebound will be limited by marine mammals, says study:
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2025-04-10/herring-rebound-will-be-limited-marine-mammals-says-study

#HerringSpawn #herring #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia

A Northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus) finds a Pacific herring lying at its feet and can't believe its luck! (From my archives.)

#HerringSpawn #herring #crow #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #nature #WildlifePhotography #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography

For #WorldWhaleDay I have a photo of an orca and gulls enjoying the herring spawn on the east coast of Vancouver Island. I took this photo last year during a private photo tour.

I offer group photo tours and also private ones during the herring spawn. Contact me for details or check my website: https://www.catherinebabault.com/workshops

#herring #HerringSpawn #photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife #wildlife

Danish tapas: Rye bread, butter, herring, mustard and apple
#yummy #RyeBread #herring

23-Dec-2024
#Evolution of fast-growing fish-eating #herring in the #Baltic Sea

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1068905 #science #ecology

Another sincere tip for tourists:

If you come to Sweden, know that Pickled Herring and Fermented Herring (surströmming) are very different and don't be fooled into trying the latter thinking that you're about to trying the former.

#Sweden #Herring #Fish #Tourism