Sportsmans alliance of maine (SAM) in close coordination with maine department of inland fisheries wildlife (mdifw) received FY23 congressionally designated funds to identify locations suitable for…

Sportsmans alliance of maine (SAM) in close coordination with maine department of inland fisheries wildlife (mdifw) received FY23 congressionally designated funds to identify locations suitable for a new state of the art cold water fish hatchery that would be operated by mdifw. The primary species propagated from the new facility would be brook trout and or landlocked atlantic salmon. SAM and mdifw will use information found in a 2016 mdifw fish hatcheries engineering study report to hire and direct a licensed professional engineer to complete the assessment via a subcontract. SAM expects to hire a contractor in this capacity as an owners project manager for procurement and oversight of engineering and hydrogeological consultant services. SAM envisions this study will include two phases. The first phase will be a desktop study (including site visits) that will identify and rank prospective sites (non construction). The second phase will include field investigations to confirm the suitability of the preferred sites from a water supply and wastewater disposal perspective. Phase 2 will involve some level of construction or land manipulation that could include heavy equipment such as well drilling and or other related land disturbance activities. Environmental compliance for this grant agreement will be completed independently for both project phases in their sequential order.