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.
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.](https://i0.wp.com/openrivers.lib.umn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tnc_80951013_preview_cropped1.jpg?fit=333%2C222&ssl=1)
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.