Alewives' Passage in St. Croix Hinges on Passage of Bills in Augusta

AUGUSTA — Though reduced in numbers, the St. Croix River’s alewives have a lot of friends.At a legislative hearing Monday, speaker after speaker rose in support of a bill that would open most of the fishways at most of the river’s dams immediately to the small schooling fish, which has been blocked from most of the sprawling watershed since 1995. Lobster, alewife and gro...