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Figure 1. Map showing historical range of diadromous species in the Kennebec River watershed, location of dams that have been removed (open circles), hydropower dams with upstream passage (green circles), hydropower dams without upstream passage (red circles), nonhydropower dams (black circles), and accessible (green) and inaccessible lakes and ponds. Hydropower dams are Edwards (ED), Hydro-Kennebec (HK), Shawmut (SH), Weston (WE), Madison Electric Works (MEW), Fort Halifax (FH), Benton Falls (BF), and Burnham (BU).

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DMR hearing regarding dam removal on Monday, March 15th by Mali Obomsawin with Sunlight Media Collective

“THE ORIGINAL MEANING AND INTENT OF THE MAINE INDIAN LAND CLAIMS : PENOBSCOT PERSPECTIVES”

Penobscot historian Maria Girouard’s revelatory Master’s Thesis “THE ORIGINAL MEANING AND INTENT OF THE MAINE INDIAN LAND CLAIMS : PENOBSCOT PERSPECTIVES” examines the historical context in which the controversial 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act came to be from Wabanaki perspectives.

The Maine Legislature is resuming its consideration of “An Act To Implement the Recommendation of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act”. On Tuesday, May 4 at 9am, the Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on the bill, now numbered LD 1568.

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By Meredith DeFrancesco & Dawn Neptune Adams
July, 2020

Sunlight Media Collective’s founding documentary The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory (2015) updated:
A new 7-minute update has been created and added to the original… Read More »Sunlight Media Collective’s founding documentary The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory (2015) updated:
Interview with Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation with Sunlight Media Collective Meredith DeFrancesco & Dawn Neptune Adams July, 2020
Sunlight Media Collective spoke with Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis about the… Read More »Interview with Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation with Sunlight Media Collective Meredith DeFrancesco & Dawn Neptune Adams July, 2020
Penobscots Speak on Historic River Case Review by Court of Appeals:
This summer, the US Court of Appeals vacated its opinion and granted… Read More »Penobscots Speak on Historic River Case Review by Court of Appeals:

Mini-Lectures on How Disparate State Policies Invite Out of State Waste into Maine and How Landfill Leachate Threatens Health and Environment on the Penobscot River
Hillary Lister, longtime activist on waste impacts in Maine, founder and organizer with Don’t Waste ME, speaks prior to the… Read More »Mini-Lectures on How Disparate State Policies Invite Out of State Waste into Maine and How Landfill Leachate Threatens Health and Environment on the Penobscot River
Juniper Ridge Landfill Megadump
Over 200,000 tons of out-of-state waste is disposed of at the Juniper Ridge Landfill megadump every year, a publicly owned,… Read More »Juniper Ridge Landfill Megadump