Aug. 29—As the species continues to struggle to reproduce and re-establish historic populations, there have been considerably fewer Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River this year. As of the latest ...

(CBS News) BANGOR, Maine -- For the first time in 200 years, the Penobscot River in northeastern Maine is running free. Billed as the largest river restoration project in the country, it took 10 years ...

A two-decade legal battle over mercury pollution in the Penobscot River estuary has come to an end, with a court-approved settlement that’s expected to cost between $187 million and $267 million. The ...

The former Great Works Dam site between Old Town and Bradley, Maine on the Penobscot River. (Penobscot River Restoration Trust) More than a dozen projects have been given the green light to start ...

For the first time since the 1800s, nearly 1,000 miles of habitat along the Penobscot River are accessible to Atlantic salmon and 10 other fish species that spend part of their lives at sea but return ...

A special mural unveiling took place on May 3 at the Kenduskeag Pump Station on Washington Street in Bangor. Running from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Penobscot River Ecology Mural was the result of ...

OLD TOWN and AUGUSTA, ME - Ten million dollars from the FY08 Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed this week will be directed to the Penobscot River Restoration Project. Officials at the National Oceanic ...

The Bashabez Run, a canoe and kayak race, will take place on a section of the river restored by the removal of two dams. To someone who grew up outside New York City, the Penobscot River was bound to ...

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Like most members of the Penobscot Nation, Scott Phillips grew up near the Penobscot River and learned to paddle and fish as a young boy. He took to it like a duck to water. He became a competitive ...

BOSTON, Mass. (WABI) - Lawyers for the Penobscot Nation and the federal government were in federal court Tuesday arguing that all of the Penobscot River is part of the tribe’s reservation. The state ...