In March, the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation will give more than $140,000 to 44 local nonprofit organizations in Maine and New Hampshire. Vote for the Fish Ladder. to cast your vote to support the fish ladder restoration, click bangor.com/cmm. Select “Other” and enter Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration
We sold 589 of 700 tickets at 6 for $25, raising $2390 for the Fish Ladder after subtracting our costs. This does not include $540 for printing an inventory of unsold quilt squares which we hope to sell in Alewife Festivals to come, perhaps with another quilt raffle! The raffle came out far better than […]
Christine Ruffley with ticket 253. We had a small crowd of 11 people cheering as Mary Chase drew the ticket.
The Draw for the Quilt Raffle is at 4pm tomorrow (Labor day) in front of the Fish House. Spectators please wear masks. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and waited so patiently! Today is the last day for online ticket sales.
The Draw will be held on Labor Day September 7. Tickets are still available. Alternatively, you can pick up tickets for $5 each or 6 for $25 from David Brydges — call or text 207 832 1790.
This year we passed 1,069,488 alewives into Damariscotta Lake to spawn. It’s just great to get more than one million—it’s always our goal since the restoration. It was an interesting year—the fish came in late and stayed late but they did their job.
The fish have slowed down considerably—very few new schools of alewives are entering the fish ladder and any fish that are coming in are small. Small fish, often 3 year olds, are typical of the end of the run. These young fish, not ready to spawn for another year, seem to be practicing for the […]
The last harvest of the year was on Tuesday morning, June 9. Very few fish are coming in now and run-backs, fish that have spawned and are heading back to sea, are abundant—especially at the end of the day.Thanks for a great year. See you next year!
Not to be missed – on Thursday, June 11 at noon, the Natural Resource Council of Maine will host a webinar called Maine’s Sea-Run Fish – Stories of Success. Deb Wilson will present slides showing the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration and Nick Bennett of NRCM will look at other river herring runs in Maine, […]
Many people have taken the opportunity to visit the fish ladder since we opened it to the public on June 2. The alewives have been thick and the show—complete with eagles and Osprey and occasional herons—continues. That said, we expect to see the run slow down in the coming week. The signs are there….many of […]