ENDANGERED SPECIES LISTING
Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot, Kennebec and Androscoggin rivers received Endangered Species Listing last week by U.S. Federal authorities. There are many important aspects of this decision for readers - Check them out at www.asf.ca - Among them:

NOAA's Press Release:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=392

The Atlantic Salmon Federation's reaction to the endangered listing regrets the impact this will have on anglers:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=393

An editorial on the need for protection, in Maine's Morning Sentinel:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=401

To check out the FEDERAL REGISTER's actual wording, go to the Endangered Issue page of ASF: http://asf.ca/issues.php?id=2

EDWARDS DAM BREACH - 10TH ANNIVERSARY
The endangered listing has come for the Kennebec salmon in Maine - but the river is already slowly coming back to being a healthier river. July 1 will be the 10th anniversary of the breaching of the Edwards Dam. Read a local perspective on what good it has done:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=398