The rebirth of our rivers as home to a vast array of fish, birds, mammals, insects, and aquatic invertebrates is something we celebrate. The quality of our stream and river habitat is impacted by many factors, from water temperature and oxygenation, to sedimentation and polluted runoff, to stream flow and connectivity. How can we use the best science to protect and restore our local streams and rivers?
In the final two programs in our series “Case Studies in Stream Protection and Restoration”, we’ll look at the impact of Millie Turner Dam removal in Pepperell (dam removed in 2015), and we’ll look at the study of “cold water refugia”, an effort to locate cold water refuge for fish as our streams are impacted by climate change.  We hope you can join us for these free Zoom presentations.

Encouraging Trends in Freshwater Mussel Restoration: Five Years After Millie Turner Dam Removal

These presentations are made possible through a grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET). MET is funded through the sales of its specialty license plates, such as their signature Right Whale or Leaping Brook Trout plates, which you can order thru your local Registry of Motor Vehicles at www.massrmv.com or www.whaleplate.org.  For more about MET, visit www.mass.gov/eea/met.