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Removing Dams in Maine

Next year the first of two dams on the Penobscot River in Maine will be removed. The local hydroelectric utility will still generate the same amount of electricity, but biologists expect fish populations to increase dramatically.

An unusual collaboration has led to a deal that will remove two dams on the largest river in Maine. As Living on Earth’s Bobby Bascomb reports, the Penobscot River dam removals will not only benefit native fish, but also the hydroelectric utility.