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CRC is collaborating with the City of Greenfield and the Nature Conservancy to advance Green River restoration projects including partial removal of the Greenfield Electric Light and Power Dam and full removal of the Wiley Russell Dam. 

The Mount Ascutney Regional Commission (MARC) and Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC), in partnership with the Town of Springfield, will begin the process of removing an old dam on Valley Street on September 3rd. 

A concrete dam built in 1913 on Jack’s Brook—a tributary of the North Branch of the Deerfield River—is being removed this week in a collaborative effort to restore natural stream flow and improve aquatic habitat in southern Vermont.

River restoration projects include dam removal, floodplain forests, buffer plantings, strategic wood addition, and culvert upgrades.

Connecticut River Conservancy is working with the private dam owners, The Nature Conservancy, and other partners to explore removal.

Removal of the remnant 90-foot-long and 7-foot-high concrete Blake Higgins dam on the Saxtons River, a tributary of the Connecticut River.

Long Island Sound River Restoration Network Testimony in SUPPORT of SB 192 An Act Concerning Dam Safety with modifications

Connecticut River Conservancy announces the receipt of a grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for dam removal project.

The Connecticut River Conservancy in collaboration with partners recently completed a dam removal project on Beaver Brook.