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2nd Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival – Bike Like a Fish :)
May 20, 2023 All day
There will be tabling and presentations on resilience and transition. Kids’ ‘bike safety rodeo’ hosted by Bicycle Coalition of Maine and loaner bikes and helmets will be available. Mike’s Bikes will offer bike rentals and repairs so bring your bike! And bike like a fish up the Pennamaquan, to visit the spawning grounds and connect with the Downeast Sunrise Trail.
Fish painting activity, bike rentals and repairs, biologist talks Kristin Underwood and Mike Manning,a presentation about MycoBuoys project with Sue Van Hook. Don Blair is running a workshop on making and deploying open source water sensors in the Pennamaquan River.
FREE lunch buffet from Smithereen Farm and did we mention free smoked alewifes hot from the DSF smoker!
Live music from the Lamp Lighters band.
Four-fish masterclass and Washington County culinary networking with Chef Bobby of Salt and Steel restaurant, Bar Harbor – made possible by Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association.
