21 Aug, 2011 Author: Glorianna Davenport

The Tidmarsh Farms/Beaver Dam Brook restoration project has gained significant momentum with the award of 3 grants that will be used for Engineering Design and Permitting. The project, which includes 2 dam removals on Beaver Dam Brook, will restore about 3.5 miles of stream and 250 acres of coastal wetlands to a more natural state, allowing fish to migrate from the ocean to their headwaters and stream-side forests to grow.

The grants were awarded by:

American Rivers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Restoration Center to Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration, $75,000.

The Gulf of Maine Council (GOMC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Restoration Grant Program to Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration, $80,000.

The Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET), which is funded by the sales of environmental license plates, to American Rivers, $75,000.

Tidmarsh Farms would like to thank our partners, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration, American Rivers, Gulf of Maine Council (GOMC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) for their support.