160-year-old Maine dam dismantled

THE FEDERAl ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION HAS ORDERED THE DISMANTLING OF THE 160-YEAR-OLD EDWARDS DAM on the Kennebec River in Maine. Removing the dam will free up 17 miles of spawning grounds for striped bass, sturgeon, Atlantic salmon and herring. * AFTER BEING non;Nt.,LNT FOR 20 YEARS, YELLOWSTONE'S GIANT GEYSER has started producing hour-long eruptions, spewing out one million gallons of boiling water to heights of more than 200 feet. * SCIENTISTS STUDYING MOUNT RAINIER have observed changes in the geology beneath the surface that indicate there is a potential earthquake hazard in the southeastern corner of the Washington park. * A NEW CONNETICUT STATE PARK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON 310 ACRES OF LAND along Long Island Sound. A lone squatter held up development of the park for 23 years. * BOWING TO REQUESTS FROM INDIAN TRIBES, officials at Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park are changing references to "ruins" and "rock art" to "sites," "petroglyphs" and "pictographs." The word "Anasazi" also will be retired from park literature.-BEvERLY EDWARDS I

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