Local experts and officials documenting the annual alewife run in Woolwich will share the results of their work this evening during a panel discussion at the Nequasset Meetinghouse.
Alewives have been identified as a significant link in the ecology of Maine’s waters, and the town of Woolwich has provided fish passage into Nequasset Lake since at least 1780 and provisions for harvesting the fish as well, according to a release.
The program, sponsored by the Woolwich Historical Society, will focus on the local, regional and national impact of alewives.
Speakers will include Woolwich Fish Commissioner Bill Potter; historians Debbie Locke and Allison Hepler; former alewife harvester Dick Hanson; Trevor Hunt from the Bath Water District; Alicia Heyburn from the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust; and Bowdoin College professor John Lichter.
The program starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Nequasset Meetinghouse. Light refreshments will be available.
For more information, contact Hepler at 442-0754 or by email at aheplerwoolwich@gmail.com; or Locke at 443-5684 or by email at joyful@gwi.net.
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