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Program seeks to restore salmon EAST MACHIAS — Bolstered by a recent federal grant, the Peter Gray Parr Project continues its work to restore the Atlantic salmon in Maine waters.  The species remains endangered in the United States and according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, “the last wild populations of U.S. Atlantic salmon are found in at least eight rivers in Maine.”  The Peter Gray Parr Project closely mimics the way juvenile salmon, known as parr, which are older and bigger than fry, are raised in the wild. It has been used by the Downeast...

Program seeks to restore salmon EAST MACHIAS — Bolstered by a recent federal grant, the Peter Gray Parr Project continues its work to restore the Atlantic salmon in Maine waters. The species remains endangered in the United States and according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, “the last wild populations of U.S. Atlantic salmon are found in at least eight rivers in Maine.” The Peter Gray Parr Project closely mimics the way juvenile salmon, known as parr, which are older and bigger than fry, are raised in the wild. It has been used by the Downeast Salmo...

Playing by the rules on the Union River By Dwayne Shaw and Brett Ciccotelli Recently, Brookfield Renewables, the owner of the Ellsworth and Graham Lake dams, issued a press statement that has angered locals and further muddied the waters regarding their intentions to comply with state and federal water quality and fisheries regulations. What is clear is that Brookfield has decided its profits are at risk because its antiquated dams and highly problematic water management systems cannot be lawfully permitted under modern licensing requirements. Hydroelectric dams are licensed only every 40 yea...

lstrough / FILE PHOTO  Kilgore College Auto Body Repair instructor Joel Laws talks about the program in this 2017 file photo. Laws' retirement, announced in August, is one of the factors leading to the college's decision to close the program. Kilgore College board trustees announced Monday the college’s plan to “deactivate” the auto body technology program from their course catalog. At a regular board meeting Monday, Dr. Mike Turpin, KC’s Vice President of Instruction and the Chief Academic Officer, said the planned deactivation of the program could be attributed to dec...

Kilgore College board trustees announced Monday the college’s plan to “deactivate” the auto body technology program from their course catalog. At a regular board meeting Monday, Dr. Mike Turpin, KC’s Vice President of Instruction and the Chief Academic Officer, said the planned deactivation of the program could be attributed to declining enrollment numbers, as well as the retirement of longtime automotive technology instructor Joel Laws. “The administrators at Kilgore College, including instructional deans, continually monitor the viability of programs and the auto bo...