University of Maine fish biology and ecology researchers Michael Kinnison and Gayle Zydlewski discovered a previously unknown population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Penobscot River near Bangor, according to a New York Times report on the impact of recent dam removals on the river. Since dams on the Penobscot have come down, the story read more New York Times notes UMaine research in Penobscot dam removal story