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Commission approves breach and restoration plan for Old Duck Pond Dam with O&M and monitoring requirements

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The commission closed the public hearing and approved a project to breach Old Duck Pond Dam and restore the site, subject to an operations-and-maintenance manual and a monitoring plan for plantings.

The Gardner Conservation Commission voted to close the public hearing and approve a proposal to breach Old Duck Pond Dam and carry out an ecological restoration of the former pond area, subject to conditions including an approved operations-and-maintenance plan and a multi-year monitoring program.

Dennis Bell of Haley & Aldridge, representing the project proponent (Mount Wachusett Community College), summarized changes made after state comments and said…

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