Midcoast Maine Alewives

04/25/2021

04/23/2021

April 23, 2021

This fish ladder is ready for insertion into a culvert to assist alewives into Little Medomak Pond in Waldoboro, Maine. Wish us (and the alewives) luck!

11/19/2020

10/28/2020

Washington Village dam removal...before, and after.

10/28/2020

There's the paperwork side of opening up a water course, then there is this...

10/28/2020

Mature Alewives on their journey to spawn, Waldoboro, Maine.

10/28/2020

Charlotte Henderson from the MEDOMAK BROOK CONNECTION patiently waiting for one of her projects, the removal of the Washington Village dam, to finally come to fruition.

10/28/2020

Village dam removal, Washington, Maine. It took us many months to achieve this one goal.

10/28/2020

Through our efforts, Alewives were allowed to pass through an improperly installed culvert in Waldoboro and return to their original spawning grounds.

10/28/2020

We will keep you posted with our progress.

10/28/2020

The MEDOMAK BROOK CONNECTION in Washington, Maine, in partnership with the LLOYD DAVIS TRUST in Waldoboro, Maine are a small but dedicated group of individuals working to restore Alewife runs along the Medomak River and its tributaries. Alewives once flourished through these water courses but obsolete mill dams, ineffective culverts, et cetera, have diminished their runs. We are committed to returning these water courses to the Alewives to allow them to reach their original spawning grounds and flourish once again.

Alewives complete ecological cycles, such as providing food for other fish, Eagles, Osprey, and Loons, and when allowed to return back to their spawning grounds can very quickly change the ecological balance of nature in fantastic ways!