Montsweag Brook Restoration Public Meeting Scheduled

Bangor, ME – October 26, 2009 -- Landowners in the Montsweag Brook area and other interested parties will have an opportunity to hear about and provide input concerning the Montsweag Brook Restoration Project and the associated dam removal that is being proposed. On Wednesday, November 4th, the Chewonki Foundation, in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will hold a public meeting at the Chewonki Foundation’s Center for Environmental Education, from 6-8 p.m., to present an overview of the project and the plan description, and provide an opportunity for public input as required by the Federal environmental evaluation process. A feasibility study about the project can be reviewed at: http://www.chewonki.org/about/montsweag.asp. 

The Center for Environmental Education is located at 485 Chewonki Neck Road, Wiscasset.

There are 17 acres that are currently submerged under the permanent pool of Montsweag Dam impoundment, which is located in the St. George-Sheepscot River Watershed. Restoration activities that are being proposed include the removal of the concrete dam that currently floods the 17 acres and reestablishing native riparian vegetation on the reopened floodplain. Funding is being made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

If special accommodations are needed at the November 4th public meeting, or if you have questions about the meeting, please contact Dan Creek at montsweagfs@gmail.com.  or call 207-332-5792.

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