Maine NFC Posts Atlantic Salmon Signs on the Penobscot River

 

The Maine chapter of NFC just posted roughly 20 Atlantic salmon informational signs on the lower Penobscot River and tributaries. The goal was to get them up by the April 1 fishing season opener. Signs were posted on the mainstem Penobscot River, Blackman Stream, Cove Brook, Eaton Brook, Felts Brook, Kenduskeag Stream, Sedgeunkedunk Stream, and Soauadabscook Stream.

Special thanks to ME NFC board members Brad Erdman, Rich Yvon, and Betsy Barber as well as volunteer Andy O'Malley for their fieldwork, ME NFC Chair Emily Bastian for her logistical support, Peter Ruksznis at Maine DMR for providing sign location maps, and Eddington Salmon Club President Randy Ruhlin, Veazie Salmon Club President Robert Wengrzynek, and Penobscot Salmon Club President Peter Bartley for helping to post signs at their properties.