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The natural revegetation of the shoreline of Messalonskee Stream since the summer of 2001 has been nothing short of remarkable. This photo was taken one half mile above the former Union Gas Dam on 9 June 2003. The young black locust trees in the foreground are nearly three feet tall. Prior to June 2001, the area where these trees are growing had been under ten feet of water for a century.

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