List of dam removals in New Hampshire
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This is a list of dams in New Hampshire that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
Completed removals
Planned and proposed removals
Dam[3] | Expected year | Location | Watercourse | Watershed | Notes |
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Fiske Mill Dam | 2024 | Hinsdale 42°47′09″N 72°28′53″W / 42.7857°N 72.4814°W |
Ashuelot River | Connecticut River | Mill dam built in 1922, converted into a hydroelectric dam in 1986. As of April 2023[update], The Nature Conservancy was in talks to purchase and remove the dam.[4] |
Israel River Dam | Lancaster 44°29′06″N 71°33′45″W / 44.4849°N 71.5625°W |
Israel River | |||
Kimball Brook Dam | 2023 | Stratford 44°44′30″N 71°35′57″W / 44.7418°N 71.5993°W |
Kimball Brook | [5] | |
Washburn Mill Dam | 2023 | Colebrook 44°52′36″N 71°22′16″W / 44.8766°N 71.3711°W |
Mohawk River | [6] | |
Brennan Brook/Crochet Mountain Brook Dam | 2024 | Francestown | Brennan Brook | Merrimack River | [7] |
Breeder Pond Dam (Highway Pond Dam) | Franconia 44°10′02″N 71°40′49″W / 44.1672°N 71.6804°W |
Pemigewasset River | The project would remove the dam and replace it with a fish ladder. This would allow trout to move freely between Breeder Pond and Profile Lake, with the intention of creating a self-sustaining population and ending the need for stocking.[8] | ||
Stone Pond Dam | 2024 | Fitzwilliam 42°45′18″N 72°07′37″W / 42.7550°N 72.1270°W |
Scott Brook | Millers River | |
Gonic Dam | Gonic 43°16′25″N 70°58′38″W / 43.2735°N 70.9773°W |
Cochecho River | Piscataqua River | Rochester City Council voted unanimously to pursue dam removal in 2010.[9] As of 2023[update], the dams are owned by a developer who wants to remove them before building housing in the area.[10] | |
Gonic Sawmill Dam | Gonic 43°16′13″N 70°58′35″W / 43.2704°N 70.9764°W | ||||
Mill Pond Dam | 2024 | Durham 43°07′51″N 70°55′08″W / 43.1309°N 70.9189°W |
Oyster River | [11][12] | |
Beech River Mill Dam | Ossipee 43°45′03″N 71°08′22″W / 43.7507°N 71.1395°W |
Beech River | Saco River | In 2020 the Davis Conservation Foundation granted the New Hampshire Chapter of The Nature Conservancy $15,000 toward a dam removal assessment.[13] |
References
- ^ "American Rivers Dam Removal Database". Figshare. American Rivers. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b "DAMS SLATED FOR REMOVAL IN 2007 AND DAMS REMOVED FROM 1999-2006" (PDF). American Rivers. p. 32. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Projects: Planned, Completed and Under Consideration" (PDF). New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. January 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Browder, Jamie (26 April 2023). "Nature Conservancy studying removal of Fiske Mill Dam in Hinsdale". The Keene Sentinel. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Grant F22AP02005 (Connecticut River Watershed Council)". www.highergov.com. HigherGov. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Washburn Dam Removal on the Mohawk River". FWS.gov. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Over $200,000 Awarded from Aquatic Resource Mitigation Funds for Dam Removal and Partial Restoration of Brennan Brook in Francestown". NH Department of Environmental Services. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Blechl, Robert (3 January 2022). "Coordinator Details Trout Breeder Pond Project In Franconia Notch". Caledonian Record. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ O'Donnell, Jake (9 September 2010). "Gonic dams removal grant sought". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Dandurant, Karen (22 March 2023). "Gonic Mill owner wants to build housing. Two dams must be removed first". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Fernandes, Megan (17 September 2021). "'State of disrepair': Durham makes call to remove Mill Pond dam on Oyster River". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Dandurant, Karen (8 March 2022). "Durham votes to remove Mill Pond dam with 74% of vote and large turnout". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Grant History". www.davisfoundations.org. Davis Conservation Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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