WHERE Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick
WHEN 5:00-6:30 pm Tuesday, September 15, 2026
PANELISTS Bina Skordas - Senior Project Manager & Climate & Watershed Solutions Lead, FB Environmental
Brett Towler - PhD, PE, Senior Fish Passage Engineer with Gomez and Sullivan, an engineering and environmental science company representing dam owner Brookfield Renewable Partners
Nate Gray - Sea-run fisheries and habitat biologist for the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR)
Open to the public
“IMPROVING FISH PASSAGE AT THE
BRUNSWICK DAM – WHAT IS POSSIBLE”
Public Meeting, Expert Panel Discussion
Sponsored by Free The Andro
Panel Featuring Maine Department of Marine Resources,
Dam Owner Brookfield, FB Environmental
5:00-6:30 pm, Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, ME, September 2026 – The public, media, and interested groups are invited to attend a free panel discussion exploring an array of possible designs that can be considered to restore abundant and sustainable fish passage at the Brunswick Dam after more than a century of blockage.
The panel is sponsored by Free The Andro, a local nonprofit working to restore abundant and sustainable migratory fish passage at the Brunswick Dam to connect communities, revive fish populations, and broaden economic opportunities in the Androscoggin River watershed. The panel will feature:
Bina Skordas - Senior Project Manager & Climate & Watershed Solutions Lead, FB Environmental
Brett Towler - PhD, PE, Senior Fish Passage Engineer with Gomez and Sullivan, an engineering and environmental science company representing dam owner Brookfield Renewable Partners
Nate Gray - Sea-run fisheries and habitat biologist for the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR)
Chip Spies, Free the Andro founder, will moderate and coordinate public questions.
WHAT “Improving Fish Passage at the Brunswick Dam – What is Possible”
WHERE Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick
WHEN 5:00-6:30 pm Tuesday, September 15, 2026
WHO Public, media, all interested group
NOTE: We anticipate a strong turnout and encourage public attendees to arrive early. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; the program begins at 5 p.m.
Free the Andro Contact
Chip Spies
info [at] freetheandro.org (info[at]freetheandro[dot]org)
207-837-3929
Media Contact
Tom Walek
tom [at] walekllc.com (tom[at]walekllc[dot]com)
917-353-7575
