Machias River project gets $1.7M

Journal Date: July 4th, 2009 | Filed Under: News

By Bill Trotter
BDN Staff
MACHIAS, Maine — The lower reaches of the Machias River watershed already are accessible to sea-run fish species, but thanks to $1.7 million in federal stimulus funding, conservation officials hope to improve natural water flow and fish accessibility in the upper remote portions of the watershed.

The project, which will result in better culverts being installed in the remote, back-country road system that serves the upper watershed area, is one of two habitat restoration projects in Maine that are receiving federal stimulus funds. The other project, to remove the Great Works Dam from the Penobscot River in Old Town, is getting $6.1 million in federal funds from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. read more…………….

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