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US could require steps for dams to save last Atlantic salmon

FILE - The Weston Dam holds back the Kennebec River in Skowhegan, Maine, on Sept. 14, 2021. The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on the Kennebec River in Maine that could result in a lifeline for the last wild Atlantic salmon in the United States. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) FILE - Wild Atlantic salmon swim at a fish hatchery in Orland, Maine, in this undated file photo. The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on the Kennebec River in Maine that could result in a lifeline for the last wild Atlantic salmon in the United States. (AP Photo/Michael C. York, File)
US could require steps for dams to save last Atlantic salmon