[SEMCO] Lecture on Thursday Feb 13 at 6:30PM - 20 Years of Dam Removal in the Gulf of Maine Region….it all started in Plymouth!

[Abigail Archer]

World Migratory Fish Day Lecture Series in Plymouth
At the Wildlands Trust 675 Long Pond Road Plymouth, MA

Thursday, February 13, 2020

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM


20 Years of Dam Removal in the Gulf of Maine Region….it all started in Plymouth!
With Eric Hutchins, Habitat Restoration Specialist NOAA Restoration Center

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.

The World Migratory Fish Day Lecture Series<https://www.plymouth-ma.gov/marine-and-environmental-affairs/news/seven-part-lecture-series-migratory-fish> is brought to you by the Town of Plymouth Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs in partnership with Woods Hole Sea Grant<https://seagrant.whoi.edu/> and the Wildlands Trust<https://wildlandstrust.org/events/world-migratory-fish-day-part-3>. 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 World Fish Migration Day 2020<https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/>.
No registration is necessary. Seating is first come, first serve. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

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