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New Approaches to Hydropower Development that Benefit People and Nature

Sept 21, 2009 Aerial photos of the Penobscot River and surroundings. West Branch of the Penobscot River and tributaries as it winds to the southeast of Mount Katahdin.
(ALL INTERNAL, LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS) Sept 21, 2009 Aerial photos of the Penobscot River and surroundings. West Branch of the Penobscot River and tributaries as it winds to the southeast of Mount Katahdin. Photograph published in the Summer 2010 issue of Nature Conservancy Magazine. PHOTO CREDIT: © Bridget Besaw

The Nature Conservancy’s Jeff Opperman on the “holy grail” of river management: an approach that allows for power development while maintaining ecological and community health.

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