Last week’s column was about a trek through the Ridge Nature Preserve with our two granddaughters and Yours Truly that resulted in a surprising ending with Mr. Horsefly. Sometimes the […]
Alewives have returned to Mill Brook in Westbrook this spring, swimming upstream to get to Highland Lake to spawn. It's the largest fish migration from Casco Bay and part of Maine's success story in opening up rivers to allow alewives to return to their traditional spawning grounds. Press Herald photographer Gregory Rec was there to capture the beauty and action.
Alewives have returned to Mill Brook in Westbrook this spring, swimming upstream to get to Highland Lake to spawn. It's the largest fish migration from Casco Bay and part of Maine's success story in opening up rivers to allow alewives to return to their traditional spawning grounds. Press Herald photographer Gregory Rec was there to capture the beauty and action.
As the fish's annual migration begins again, this is the first year in centuries that alewives will be able to swim upriver to China Lake, a milestone that Gov. Janet Mills and others celebrated this week.