Upstream Watch

Upstream Watch is a group of small business owners, educators, scientists, farmers, artists, historians, civil servants and citizen activists who have come together to advocate for the health of Midcoast Maine's rivers and watersheds through science, education, advocacy and public action. We believe in supporting our wild fishing communities and local, small-scale regenerative aquaculture businesses, all of which depend on marine and freshwater ecosystem protection and restoration for their sustained prosperity and cultural survival. We envision a future where all marine and freshwater ecosystems of the Penobscot Watershed and Bay are fully restored, and the protection of this entire ecosystem is staunchly enforced for the sustained prosperity and cultural flourishing of all life.