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Judd Esty-Kendall is a retired lawyer who practiced in Maine for 48 years, most of it with Pine Tree Legal Assistance, where he managed the Native American unit providing legal services to tribal members. Tony Sutton is a professor at the University of Maine in the field of ecology and environmental science with a focus on food sovereignty for Wabanaki communities.

Most Mainers know about our lumber industry in the 1800s, the work camps and the log drives and the wealth that flowed through Bangor, but few know the rest of the story; what happened to the fish.

One hundred and 50 years ago, in their annual r

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