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Public Scoping Meeting Regarding the Draft Operational Plan for the Restoration of Diadromous and Resident Fishes to the Penobscot River

April 28, 2009

Public Scoping Meeting Regarding the Draft Operational Plan for the Restoration of Diadromous Fishes to the Penobscot River

May 6, 2009 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Howland Town Hall 8 Main Street Howland, ME 04448

May 7, 2009 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Brewer Auditorium 318 Wilson Street Brewer, ME 04412

May 14, 2009 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Piscataquis County Superior Court 159 East Main Street Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426

The State of Maine’s Atlantic Salmon Commission, Department of Marine Resources and Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will be hosting a public scoping meeting to discuss the interagency DRAFT Operational Plan for the Restoration of Diadromous and Resident Fishes to the Penobscot River. The plan has 30 objectives to reach the long term goal to restore and guide management of diadromous fish populations, aquatic resources and the ecosystems on which they depend, for their intrinsic, ecological, economic, recreational, scientific, and educational values for use by the public.

The purpose of these meetings is to inform stakeholders of the content of the plan and to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on the plan. Public comments must be submitted to the Maine Department of Marine Resources by Thursday, May 28, 2009. Comments can be mailed to Melissa Laser, Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries & Habitat, 172 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 or via email at Melissa.Laser@maine.gov.

Copies of the plan are available on-line at: http://www.maine.gov/dmr/searunfish/reports/index.htm and hard copies will be available at the public scoping meeting.

For more information please contact the Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat at (207) 287-9972.