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...happen when dams are removed is well documented. In 1999, for example, when a deconstruction crew took a wrecking ball to the Edwards Dam on Maine's Kennebec River, the results stunned even those who had lobbied for the dam's removal. Important fish species that used to swim from the ocean to spawn upstream--Atlantic salmon, alewives, sturgeon and shad--didn't just come back, marvels Pete Didisheim, advocacy director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, "they surged back." The next year, almost a million alewives were massing in the river. Fish are also rebounding in Virginia...
...also on the acquisition trail overseas, including financial institution Kaupthing and food company Bakkavör. It's not just the springs that are hot in Iceland, it seems. - By Peter Gumbel Stirring Up The Risk Pool Triathletes are usually known for taking a risk or two. After all, swimming, biking and running - with hardly a breather in between - doesn't come without potential danger. So why will more than 100 of these risk takers in next week's VisitScotland Adventure-Tri be insured for $1.75 million? Because swimmers in the race will be paddling two circuits of Scotland...
...speaks for itself. He worked really hard and did his own thing, and that's what I've tried to do. My publisher's different, my medium is the same, but the subject matter is different, the style is different. I try to be my own person, sink or swim, kind of on my own. Hopefully float...
...race about two miles off the coast of Cornwall last week when the keel snapped off and the craft capsized. The singer and five of the 24-man crew were trapped in an air pocket below deck, where they waited for 40 minutes until a navy diver helped them swim to safety. "I feel very lucky to be alive," says the unsinkable Le Bon, a sailor since childhood. "I still love the sea. This has not put me off sailing for one moment...
...trekked to Williamstown, Mass., where Reeve was playing in summer stock, to set up a rigorous six-day-a-week trimming program. It began before breakfast with ten to 15 miles of bicycling, went on to lunchtime weight-lifting, some racquetball, running or tennis and finally, a half-mile swim before most of the evening performances. Reports the proud teacher: "He's lost weight, he's certainly got well diversified and he's become an incredible all-around athlete...