Paul Koenig of the Kennebec Journal has written yet another article that has appeared online today and should be in the print edition tomorrow. According to the article, Senator Christopher Johnson, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries Service also submitted comments. I was not aware of this. I’m looking into it. In the meantime, here’s the article:
Whitefield dam owner criticizes water level plan
I was interviewed earlier today and apparently, so was Paul Kelley.
Here’s an archived copy should the KJ link stop working.
[ARCHIVED]: Whitefield dam owner criticizes water level plan
Can you obtain copies of the comments from USIFW, Senator Johnson and NMFS?
Hi Mary-
I’ll try. Chris Johnson informs me that he did NOT submit formal comments on the Draft order. I’m guessing now that the reporter was misinformed. I honestly can’t imagine comments being submitted to Beth Callahan without them being forwarded to the Service List, but I’ll ask around.
Mary- It turns out there WERE 3 comments that were sent to Beth Callahan’s email address and never made it to the Service List, from Senator Christopher Johnson, Jeff Murphy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Stephen Sheppard of NOAA. I’ll post them shortly.