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Soudek&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal&g --20cf3074d4e0806dad04e1dd8039 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The Halfway River in Hantsport has two dams owned by Minas Basin P&P and an abateau that pretty much block everything. I spoke to a DFO person two years ago and they were keen to try and and restock it with Atlantic Salmon spawn from the Gaspereau River as the watersheds were very similar geologically etc. Some work was done on one of the dams to build a ladder but it seems to have ground to a halt. Also re the Avon River...It's interesting that the causeway, while an obvious impediment, seems to have had the serendipitous effect of creating a significant (~100 hectares) salt marsh on the east/seaward side. Which I think is desirable habitat that if the causeway was removed might wash away. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:14 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>wrote: > Down our end of the province, where the pickerel and smallmouth black bass > roam, some of these dams are desirable barriers to keep these unwanted > monsters away from native stocks.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Dusan Soudek > *Sent:* July-18-13 4:12 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Removal of Veazie Dam Impediment from Penobscot > River**** > > ** ** > > Paul, **** > > yes, I stand --partially-- corrected. The dam and the associated > powerhouse on the Mushamush were abandoned by NSP due to the projected > expense of repairs to it. But the structure was eventually removed for > environmental reasons. **** > > Another abandoned and dismantled hydro dam in N.S. that comes to mind > is at The Falls on Waughs River. The site now has a new fish ladder. The > falls are spectacular, especially at high water! **** > > Dusan Soudek **** > > > On July 18, 2013 at 3:07 PM Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > wrote: **** > > Hi Dusan **** > > I don't know about the others but the one on the Mushamush **** > > was for environmental reasons. If it was up to NS Power **** > > they would have left it to rot away! I had some first hand knowledge **** > > of how that worked! **** > > Enjoy the summer **** > > Paul **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Sent:* Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:45:37 PM > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Removal of Veazie Dam Impediment from Penobscot > River**** > > ** ** > > A number of smaller hydro dams in Nova Scotia have been decommissioned > over the last few decades. They include ones on Liscomb River (Powerhouse > Falls), East River (near the community of East River), Mushamush River > (Clearland), Medway River (Salter Falls), Barrington River, and elsewhere. > But all of these closures took rplace because of economic reasons, not > environmental ones... **** > > Dusan Soudek **** > > > On July 18, 2013 at 2:20 PM james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com> > wrote: **** > > You may have seen this re opening of the Penobscot to the sea for the > first time in almost 200 years. The benefits to river ecology are pretty > profound. **** > > Any initiatives or opportunities for this kind of remediation in NS? > > http://asf.ca/you-are-invited-to-veazie-dam-event.html **** > > > **** > > ** ** > > > **** > --20cf3074d4e0806dad04e1dd8039 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The Halfway River in Hantsport has two dams owned by = Minas Basin P&P and an abateau that pretty much block everything.=A0 I = spoke to a DFO person two years ago and they were keen to try and and resto= ck it with Atlantic Salmon spawn from the Gaspereau River as the watersheds= were very similar geologically etc.=A0 Some work was done on one of the da= ms to build a ladder but it seems to have ground to a halt. <br> <br></div>Also re the Avon River...It's interesting that the causeway, = while an obvious impediment, seems to have had the serendipitous effect of = creating a significant (~100 hectares) salt marsh on the east/seaward side.= =A0 Which I think is desirable habitat that if the causeway was removed mig= ht wash away.=A0 <br> </div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu,= Jul 18, 2013 at 9:14 PM, John and Nhung <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"m= ailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>>= ;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"= EN-CA"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fam= ily:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Down our end = of the province, where the pickerel and smallmouth black bass roam, some of= these dams are desirable barriers to keep these unwanted monsters away fro= m=A0 native stocks.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>=A0<u></u></span><= /p><div><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.= 0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"= ;Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span></b><span = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif&q= uot;" lang=3D"EN-US"> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" targ= et=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:n= aturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dusan Soudek<br> <b>Sent:</b> July-18-13 4:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@ch= ebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span></p><div = class=3D"im"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Removal of Veazie Dam Imped= iment from Penobscot River<u></u><u></u>&