With the start of dam breaching, this week marked an end to the long controversy in removal of Fort Halifax dam
Fort Halifax dam comes down, Sebasticook revives FERC Tells Parties to Renegotiate Fish Passage Condition in Landmark Settlement Agreement
By: John Seebach Sunday August 31, 2003
The Ft. Halifax Dam has been parked on Sebasticook River, a tributary of the Kennebec River, since 1907. In 1998, after many years of contentious relicensing proceedings, a group of hydropower dam owners known as the KHDG, or Kennebec Hydro Developers Group, a group of conservation organizations called the Kennebec Coalition, and federal and state resource agencies reached a landmark settlement agreement. |