The Spring Running Celebrates Kennebec River Revival
Contact: Dana Morse, Extension Associate, Maine Sea Grant College Program and UMaine Cooperative Extension, 207.563.3146 x205
AUGUSTA– “The Spring Running: A Festival to Celebrate the Kennebec River’s Herring Revival ” will be held on May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Edwards Mill Park in downtown Augusta and Old Fort Western, a National Historic Landmark. Edwards Mill Park is the site of the dam that blocked the passage of migrating fish for more than 150 years.
“The Spring Running” will not only celebrate a new season of fishing and farming, it will honor the historical, cultural, ecological and economic rejuvenation represented by the return of the Kennebec River