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DER & partners completed an engineering feasibility study to investigate the removal of the High Street Dam.
Dam removal restores access for local trout population to approximately 4 miles of clean, coldwater habitat.
DER is seeking applications for aquatic habitat restoration and revitalization Priority Projects.
During the summer of 2017, DER piloted two water conservation strategies, targeted at reducing residential summer outdoor water use.
The first river herring to swim the Mill River in over 200 years.
Following an 8-year effort by DER and partners, the Barstowe's Pond Dam was successfully removed.
Restoration work includes the removal of a small dam, replacing an undersized culvert & restoring a former Cranberry bog to natural wetland and riverine habitat.
DER received applications from 67 communities in response to our Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Program RFR.
DER has issued a Pre-Request for Responses (RFR) seeking applications for aquatic habitat restoration and revitalization Priority Projects.
DER is seeking proposals from Massachusetts municipalities for culvert replacements in areas of high ecological value.
The Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant Program is for Massachusetts municipalities.
DER's 2017 Annual Impact Report, Partnerships, is now available.
