NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
New England Forests and Rivers Fund
Project Title: Restore Fish Passage for River Herring at Box Mill Dam in the Sebasticook River Watershed (ME)
Organization:
Maine Rivers
Project ID:
0405.19.065418
Description:

Install a fishway on Outlet Stream in the Sebasticook River watershed to restore access to historic spawning and nursery habitat for river herring and other diadromous fish. Project will design and construct a Denil fishway at the Box Mill Dam in the town of Vassalboro, which will restore access to more than 3,900 acres of habitat in China Lake and more than five miles of habitat in Outlet Stream and Redd Brook.

Award Amount:
$250000.00
Location:
Outlet Stream, Sebasticook River, Town of Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine.