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<h1 style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">World Migratory Fish Day Lecture Series in Plymouth<br>
At the <span class="eventitem-meta-address-line"><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">Wildlands Trust 675 Long Pond Road Plymouth, MA</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">Thursday, February 13, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="event-time-12hr"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">6:30 PM - 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">20 Years of Dam Removal in the Gulf of Maine Region….it all started in Plymouth!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">With </span>
<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">Eric Hutchins, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Habitat Restoration Specialist</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NOAA Restoration Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Soon after their arrival in Plymouth, the Pilgrims began to build numerous dams on the 1.5 mile long Town Brook. While this river has the infamous distinction of being one of the longest continuously dammed
waterways in all of North American, it also has a number of distinctions related to dam removal, stream restoration, and fish passage. Efforts to restore Town Brook began with the first dam removal in modern history in Massachusetts to restore migratory
fish. Over the next 20 years a collaboration lead by the Town of Plymouth, the NOAA Restoration Center and many others has resulted in the full removal of 5 dams and improved fish passage at 2 others. The efforts in Town Brook are cited both regionally and
nationally as a fish passage success story. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">The
<a href="https://www.plymouth-ma.gov/marine-and-environmental-affairs/news/seven-part-lecture-series-migratory-fish">
World Migratory Fish Day Lecture Series</a> is brought to you by the Town of Plymouth Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs in partnership with
<a href="https://seagrant.whoi.edu/">Woods Hole Sea Grant</a> and the <a href="https://wildlandstrust.org/events/world-migratory-fish-day-part-3">
Wildlands Trust</a>. The Town of Plymouth is celebrating its 400th anniversary in 2020 and stream restoration will be a highlight of the celebrations. In recognition of years of effort, the Town of Plymouth was designated the North American Headquarters for
<a href="https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/">World Fish Migration Day 2020</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">No registration is necessary. Seating is first come, first serve. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
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