Great Works dam deconstruction begins

Work began yesterday to remove the Great Works dam on the Penobscot River, a year and a half after the Penobscot River Restoration Trust bought the dam and two others for $24 million.
A group of 300 people, including U.S. Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar, other government officials, tribal leaders and conservationists, were on hand yesterday to witness the start of deconstruction work, according to the Back to article