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Stream Restoration Projects
The Riverways Program evaluates and undertakes stream restoration projects by partnering with local and regional river advocacy groups. Restoration projects follow an ecosystem-based subwatershed approach focusing on the factors that most impact river and stream health. Stream restoration projects that Riverways works on include: stream continuity and aquatic species passage projects such as dam removal and culvert replacement and retrofits; aquatic habitat improvement; stream daylighting; and urban stream revitalization.
Pilot Projects
| Stream |
Town |
Type of Restoration |
| Bronson Brook |
Worthingon |
culvert replacement, culvert retrofit, bank bioengineering, woody habitat installation |
| Housatonic River |
Dalton |
Old Berkshire Mill dam removal |
| Labor-in-Vain Brook |
Somerset |
culvert replacement and habitat improvements |
| Minute Man National Historic Park tributary |
Lincoln |
daylighting and culvert replacement |
| Neponset River |
Boston, Milton |
river restoration |
| Ox Pasture Brook |
Rowley |
dam removal |
| Tower Brook |
Chesterfield |
culvert retrofit |
| Town Brook |
Plymouth |
Billington Street dam removal, Brewster Gardens stream bank restoration |
| Yokum Brook |
Becket |
Silk Mill dam removal and Ballou dam removal |
Priority Projects (2005-2008)
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