Major barrier to Atlantic salmon in West Branch of Pleasant

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, in collaboration with longtime conservation partner the Appalachian Mountain Club, celebrated the removal of one of the final remaining fish passage barriers on the West Branch of the Pleasant River, allowing species like the federally endangered Atlantic salmon and brook trout to swim freely upstream to spawn once again.



Maine is home to the only remaining populations of wild Atlantic salmon in the United States.

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