Category Archives: Education
DSF – Help Wanted – Hatchery Technician
Hiring Announcement Downeast Salmon Federation Hatchery Technician Summary The Downeast Salmon Federation (DSF) is a nonprofit based in Downeast Maine. DSF is involved in a wide variety of conservation work that ranges from Atlantic salmon restoration, to diadromous fish research, … Continue reading
Why Conservationists are feeling optimistic about Atlantic salmon
By John Holyoke, BDN Staff • January 28, 2019 8:00 am Tim Cox | BDN Redmond’s Brook in Harrington. Two pieces of fisheries-related news were welcomed with enthusiastic responses by Atlantic salmon conservationists in Maine last week. Dwayne Shaw, the executive director of … Continue reading
DSF Executive Director, Dwayne Shaw, appears on The Fisheries Podcast
DSF Executive Director, Dwayne Shaw, recently appeared on The Fisheries Podcast hosted by Nick Kramer. You can listen to the entire episode here: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5s3fx-a39849
Why a report from Greenland signals ‘great news’ for wild salmon in Maine
By John Holyoke, BDN Staff • January 23, 2019 6:36 am Updated: January 23, 2019 9:42 am Conservationists on Wednesday heralded the announcement that Greenland’s commercial catch of wild Atlantic salmon had hit a 13-year low and suggested that harvest could mean better returns on … Continue reading
Tomcod Return to Sullivan’s Smelt Brook
By John Holyoke, BDN Staff • January 23, 2019 1:00 am Updated: January 23, 2019 8:50 am For more than 50 years, many species of fish were unable to move into Smelt Brook in Sullivan due to the presence of a dam. Scientists on Tuesday … Continue reading
Meetings Will Consider Union River Dam License
Ellsworth- On the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Downeast Salmon Federation fisheries biologist will be at the Ellsworth Public Library, where the conservation group and the Friends of Graham Lake will host a joint meeting to review the status … Continue reading
DSF Fall/Winter 2018 Newsletter
Check out our most recent newsletter! Fall_Winter 2018 Newsletter FINAL
DSF Stocking Efforts in the News
Fox22 Bangor’s Shonna Narine caught up with DSF’s Zach, Rachel, and Meagan while they were stocking salmon parr in Beaverdam Stream in Wesley with students from Washington Academy and Wesley Elementary School. https://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/45315
Downeast Conservation Network Announces “Convergence 2018” Forum
DCN has announced Convergence 2018, a forum which will cover The Economic and Biodiversity Values of Conservation in Downeast Maine. This forum will take place at the Schoodic Institute on Friday, November 2nd from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. You can … Continue reading
DSF Responds to Brookfield Energy Proposal on Union River
DSF Executive Director, Dwayne Shaw, responded to Brookfield Energy’s proposal to delay making improvements to fish passage at both of the dams which Brookfield owns on the Union River. Shaw calls Brookfield’s proposed 10-year delay and lack of a salmon stocking … Continue reading
