One of the most exciting rites of spring is the alewife run, an annual event where throngs of fish race upstream from the ...

Steve De Neef A dam blocked the migration of alewives up Mill Brook, a tributary of the Presumpscot River, for more than 250 years. Since the dam's removal in 2002, the annual run of alewives here ...

Toby Jacobs, program manager for the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, spent years leading education walks during the alewife run. “It’s one of two or three events we always need a waitlist for,” he ...

One of the most exciting rites of spring is the alewife run, an annual event where throngs of fish race upstream from the ocean to inland water bodies on a reproductive journey. These “river herring,” ...

which currently has the largest alewife run in the U.S. On the Skutik-St. Croix River, where a series of dams has blocked fish passage since the 1880s, decades of restoration efforts paid off when ...

With the church’s demonic characterization of alewives, the male-led commercial ... This move shifted the beer industry from a home-based business run by women to a male-dominated tavern culture ...

After 15 years, the alewife harvest has returned to the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. The resumption of the harvest has been hailed by town officials and biologists alike as a welcome return and a ...

But the timing and duration of their run varies, depending on the weather ... no matter how many times it takes, alewives will keep trying to make it over any obstacles in the river until they ...

Ready to meet moon jellies, sharks, and alewives? The Maine State Aquarium reopens Wednesday, featuring fresh exhibits and hands-on fun.