Plans for a massive 15-story dam on the Penobscot River were abandoned on this day in 1986, considered one of the biggest ...

The changes come as three dams in Hancock County are inching toward abandonment by corporate ownership. HANCOCK COUNTY, Maine — Proposed legislation aimed at updating Maine’s dam abandonment statute, ...

Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday. The train derailment occurred ...

Conservation groups say a flawed federal review of fish passage plans for dams on the Kennebec River could doom endangered ...

The Topsham Select Board voted March 6 to join the effort to restore the Androscoggin River to health and prosperity after ...

Both nonprofits have spearheaded dam removal and fish passage projects in Maine, and officials with The Nature Conservancy said the organization is standing by as Dover-Foxcroft weighs its options.

CAMDEN, Maine — After years of discussion, the fate of Camden's Montgomery Dam will soon be in the hands of voters. The town's select board has voted to accept the Megunticook River Citizens Advisory ...

Maine — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight ...