Specifications include, but are not limited to: DER and partners seek to remove the Temple Street Dam while maintaining self-sustaining wetland and riverine habitat to benefit wildlife and provide ecological services (e.g. floodwater storage). Based on the work completed, it is envisioned this can be accomplished by modeling and manipulating the sizing of the dam breach and installing instream hydraulic control feature(s) that increase roughness (i.e., constructed riffle and large wood in the floodplain), while working within the existing landscape and site conditions. A successful project design will: • Restore natural hydrology to the extent practical while eliminating downstream hydraulic impacts shown to occur for the full dam breach scenario4 ; • Be self-sustaining (i.e., require little to no human maintenance); • Restore fish and wildlife passage, specifically for anadromous fish such as river herring and American eel5 ; and • Assist in combating impacts of climate change.
