(CBS News) BANGOR, Maine -- For the first time in 200 years, the Penobscot River in northeastern Maine is running free. Billed as the largest river restoration project in the country, it took 10 years ...

Like most members of the Penobscot Nation, Scott Phillips grew up near the Penobscot River and learned to paddle and fish as a young boy. He took to it like a duck to water. He became a competitive ...

A two-decade legal battle over mercury pollution in the Penobscot River estuary has come to an end, with a court-approved settlement that’s expected to cost between $187 million and $267 million. The ...

The federal government will provide $200,000 to continue restoration of fish spawning grounds on the Penobscot River. The grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will extend ...

The Penobscot River above Millinocket, Maine. About a week before the removal of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River in Old Town, Maine, Dan Kusnierz dragged his sons to the riverside to take ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. OLD TOWN, Maine — A 200-year-old dam on Maine’s Penobscot River is being ...

Aug. 29—As the species continues to struggle to reproduce and re-establish historic populations, there have been considerably fewer Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River this year. As of the latest ...

[dropcap letter=”T”]he reporters call John Banks from far-flung places like India, China, and Japan. They want to know how Maine is freeing a river from dams that have devastated eleven species of ...

BOSTON, Mass. (WABI) - Lawyers for the Penobscot Nation and the federal government were in federal court Tuesday arguing that all of the Penobscot River is part of the tribe’s reservation. The state ...

On December 16, 2015, Judge Singal issued his decision in the Penobscot Indian Nation v. Mills lawsuit, in which the Penobscot Indian Nation (PIN) had claimed that their reservation included the ...

Conservation groups, Native Americans and Maine's power company fought over the fate of the Penobscot River for 13 years. They finally reached an... A Damned Dam On The Penobscot River Like most ...