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Removal of a Remnant Log Driving Dam on the Sunday River to Enhance Fish Passage

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Mainstem Sunday River… BP&L Mahoosuc Unit

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2011 Barrier Assessment

  • Bear River & Sunday River Sub-Watersheds;
  • 141 sites assessed for fish passage: culverts, bridges, dams and fords;
  • This site was priority #1 for removal!

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History – Log Driving Dams

Goose Eye Brook

Sunday River

- Photographs courtesy of the Bethel Historical Society -

Circa 1905

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REMOVAL

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Removal (cont’d)

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Sunday River – Obstructed, no more!

Before

After

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Benefits

Restore connectivity to high quality brook trout habitat in the headwaters.

Access to cool, high elevation waters

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Partners

  • Androscoggin River Watershed Council
  • Androscoggin Valley Soil & Water Conservation District
  • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
  • Project SHARE
  • Mollyocket Chapter of Trout Unlimited
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands

Grant funding provided by the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture