There is a century-old reservoir here in Springfield, Vermont that has aged to the point of being not only irrelevant (the town of nearly 10,000 residents has a wellfield a few miles downstream now) but also potentially dangerous. For nearly two decades, the Town of Springfield has struggled with how to pay for removal or notching of the dam, to allow the small stream feeding the reservoir to revert to a wetland area for flood resiliency and recreation. I'm one of a number of partners on the breaching project and I'm searching for information on whether removal of this sort of dam could potentially improve the ability of various aquatic organisms to migrate through the channel. I'm not thinking so much about fish, though there are some in the reservoir, apparently; I'm more thinking about benthic macroinvertebrates (affectionately known as "fish food") or river bugs. Thank you,Kelly Stettner, Director Black River Action Team (BRAT) http://www.BlackRiverActionTeam.org
