GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Although state officials are expected to slash programs to meet targeted budget cuts, salmon at the Grand Lake Stream Fish Hatchery have been given a reprieve.

Also saved were some game warden and warden sergeants’ jobs with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Last year, Gov. John Baldacci requested a 10 percent reduction in DIF&W’s total budget. That demand met with resistance and recently the governor changed his mind.  Read more….