Session A2- Webber Pond Steeppass Fishway

The Webber Pond dam is a concrete, masonry, and earthen structure located on Sevenmile Stream at the outlet of Webber Pond in Vassalboro, Maine. The dam is owned by the Webber Pond Asociation and is adjacent to a boat launch and beach owned by the Town of Vassalboro. Recently an Alaskan Steeppass fish ladder and sorting pool were installed at the dam, along with a new mechanical stoplog system at the pond outlet. Prior to the installation of the fish ladder and sorting pool the dam impeded the passage of upstream migrating fish such as alewives. Before the fishway was installed the Maine Department of Marine, Resources (MDMR) had been netting adult alewives at the base of the dam and lifting them over the dam into the pond for spawning and phosphorous sequestration. The MDMR wanted to improve upstream fish passage into Webber Pond and include a means of checking and sorting fish before they were allowed to pass into the lake. The new fishway provides a means for sorting and harvesting fish, acceptable hydraulics (velocity, angle of approach and turbulence) at the fish ladder entrance, access for cleaning the fish passage of debris, and the protection of the existing bridge foundation located downstream of the dam. The related improvements to the gate structure at the outlet of Webber Pond also provides safe and downstream passage for out migrating alewives and the ability to maintain lake levels while regulating downstream flow

Research Reference Document 01/19 : Kennebec River Diadromous Fish Restoration Annual Progress Report (2001)

https://digitalmaine.com/dmr_research_reference_documents/1004/thumbnail.jp

Research Reference Document 00/18 : Restoring Our Native Fish Resources : Kennebec River Diadromous Fish Restoration Annual Progress Report - 2000

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The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 9: Perfect Landing: Acrofest Comes to Andrews University

HUMANS Blessings Outnumbering The Autumn Leaves, Savannah Tyler The James White Library Archives, Grace No ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!, Lexie Dunham Art: Reclaiming the Narrative, Madison Vath A Trip to Detroit Through Nandi Comer\u27s Eyes, Ameilia Stefanescu NEWS Taking Flight at Acrofest, Nate Miller Andrews Celebrates Veterans, Andrew Francis Instruments of His Peace in a Broken World, Anna Rybachek IDEAS Are Aliens Real?, Katie Davis Stay Vaccinated for the Sassy Man Epidemic, Charisse Lapuebla The Thanksgiving Debate, Ruben Colón PULSE Artificial Intelligence: Are We Playing God?, Alyssa Caruthers How Mission Work Impacts the Missionary: Advice for SMs, Caitlin Adap Moral Conflict Part 2, Katie Davis, The Illusion of Romantic Love, Nicole Compton-Gray LAST WORD The Joys of Journaling, Ian Freemanhttps://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/sm-108/1008/thumbnail.jp

Session A2- Webber Pond Steeppass Fishway

Mr. Lucas Sriles joined Kleinschmidt Associates in June 2008 as a Civil/Structural Engineer and is a member of the Fish Passage Team. Mr. Stiles received his Bachelor of Science Degreee in Civil Engineering in May 2008 from the University of Maine. Since joining Kleinschmidt, Mr. Stiles has participated in many design projects, site inspections, and feasibility studies. His responsibilities include design, inspection, evaluation, and rehabilitation of steel, concrete, and wood structures primarily relating to the hydroelectric industry. He has performed engineering design for a variety of hydropower projects with such structures including dams, powerhouses, intake structures, trach racks, gates, retaining walls, flashboards, inflatable rubber dams, and fish passage facilities. Mr. Stiles has also received training in upstream and downstream fish passage from the American Fisheries Society.The Webber Pond dam is a concrete, masonry, and earthen structure located on Sevenmile Stream at the outlet of Webber Pond in Vassalboro, Maine. The dam is owned by the Webber Pond Asociation and is adjacent to a boat launch and beach owned by the Town of Vassalboro. Recently an Alaskan Steeppass fish ladder and sorting pool were installed at the dam, along with a new mechanical stoplog system at the pond outlet. Prior to the installation of the fish ladder and sorting pool the dam impeded the passage of upstream migrating fish such as alewives. Before the fishway was installed the Maine Department of Marine, Resources (MDMR) had been netting adult alewives at the base of the dam and lifting them over the dam into the pond for spawning and phosphorous sequestration. The MDMR wanted to improve upstream fish passage into Webber Pond and include a means of checking and sorting fish before they were allowed to pass into the lake. The new fishway provides a means for sorting and harvesting fish, acceptable hydraulics (velocity, angle of approach and turbulence) at the fish ladder entrance, access for cleaning the fish passage of debris, and the protection of the existing bridge foundation located downstream of the dam. The related improvements to the gate structure at the outlet of Webber Pond also provides safe and downstream passage for out migrating alewives and the ability to maintain lake levels while regulating downstream flow

Research Reference Document 01/19 : Kennebec River Diadromous Fish Restoration Annual Progress Report (2001)

https://digitalmaine.com/dmr_research_reference_documents/1004/thumbnail.jp

Research Reference Document 00/18 : Restoring Our Native Fish Resources : Kennebec River Diadromous Fish Restoration Annual Progress Report - 2000

https://digitalmaine.com/dmr_research_reference_documents/1002/thumbnail.jp

Towards a Brighter Future: A Plan for Southeast Brightmoor

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110969/1/towards_a_brighter_future_-_a_plan_for_southeast_brightmoor2007.pd