MEDDYBEMPS, Maine (WABI) – A deconstruction project drew a crowd to the Denny’s River in Meddybemps Monday.

Crews removed an abandoned hydroelectric station.

This is part of a multi-phase plan to restore endangered fish.

“The Denny’s River is one of the few rivers left in the United States that has a population of endangered Atlantic salmon,” says Brett Ciccotelli, a fish biologist with the Downeast Salmon Federation. “Any blockage on the Denny’s River that doesn’t have passage needs to be addressed for salmon to both recover and thrive like they did.”

The Downeast Salmon Federation hopes by removing the remains of the old hydroelectric station, Atlantic Salmon as well as alewives will freely flow into Meddybemps Lake.

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