GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
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Plan would restore Green River by removing two dams

[ Originally published on: Monday, January 25, 2010 ]

GREENFIELD -- Preliminary designs for the removal of two dams along the Green River will be revealed to the public Tuesday night at 7 in the Greenfield High School auditorium.

Town planners and representatives from American Rivers and the Connecticut River Watershed Council will present plans to remove the Wiley & Russell dam at Meridian Street and the Mill Street dam.

The plan is to remove the two dams to restore the Green River to the natural-flowing river it was 200 years ago, before the dams were built for industry, according to project coordinators.

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