Rebuilding the Ladder
An episode of the The Briny podcast, hosted by Matt Frassica, titled "Rebuilding the Ladder" was published on October 15, 2024 and runs 12 minutes.
October 15, 2024 ·12m · The Briny
Episode Description
Alewife, a species of river herring native to Eastern North America, has been harvested at Maine's Damariscotta Mills fish ladder since the early 1800s. Two hundred years later, the ladder was falling apart and the numbers of fish making their way upstream to spawn had dwindled. So a group of local residents started raising money to rebuild it. They decided to start a festival devoted to this little fish with a funny name. But would anyone come?
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