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Settlement would increase flows and add fish‑passage measures, MassWildlife says
Summary
MassWildlife told a MassDEP information session that settlement terms would shift operations toward more natural flows across the bypass reach and downstream, expand habitat for shad and short‑nose sturgeon, and require new downstream and upstream passage structures with measurable performance goals and adaptive management.
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife laid out the conservation case for settlement terms that would change flow operations and add fish‑passage infrastructure at Turners Falls.
"Dams dramatically degrade river ecosystems," Jesse Lehi of MassWildlife said, noting roughly 25 state and federal listed species in the project area and that the bypass reach provides important high‑gradient rocky habitat. Under the negotiated Flows and Fish settlement, minimum flows in the bypass reach would increase substantially at…
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