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The interview questions can be used in the future to engage both public and private dam owners. The report also includes two dam removal case studies which focus on one privately owned dam and one publicly owned dam, which can help identify the timing and process as it related to completed projects.‹¯›nbsp; We’d like to thank the Tufts dam team for their hard-work and encourage you to check out their report!‹¨›/span‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›In other dam news, permitting is progressing in South Middleton Dam Removal Project.‹¯›nbsp; Meetings with various local, state and federal agencies are ongoing to prepare for the permitting phase of this project.‹¯›nbsp; The Division of Ecological Restoration has updated their contract with Interfluve to manage permitting, develop sediment monitoring plans, and re-do sediment sampling (the last sediment tests occurred too long ago to be valid for current permitting purposes).‹¯›nbsp; For more information on the permits required, head to the‹¯›nbsp;‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://www.ipswichriver.org/projects-2/south-middleton-dam/‹²›‹˜›South Middleton Dam Projects‹¨›/a‹˜›‹¯›nbsp;page on our website.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¨›span class‹´›‹²›tadv-format-panel‹²›‹˜›We appreciate continued support as permitting for this project continues, so that regulators continue to hear from both the proponents as well as the opponents of this important project.‹¨›/span‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›” animation_group=”{‹²›selected‹²›:‹²›no‹²›,‹²›yes‹²›:{‹²›animation‹²›:{‹²›animation‹²›:‹²›fadeInUp‹²›,‹²›delay‹²›:‹²›200‹²›}}}” responsive=”{‹²›desktop_display‹²›:{‹²›selected‹²›:‹²›yes‹²›},‹²›tablet_landscape_display‹²›:{‹²›selected‹²›:‹²›yes‹²›},‹²›tablet_display‹²›:{‹²›selected‹²›:‹²›yes‹²›},‹²›smartphone_display‹²›:{‹²›selected‹²›:‹²›yes‹²›}}” class=”” __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”cd19694efb2a27441cf43ce390a3f478″ _array_keys=”{‹²›text_advanced_styling‹²›:‹²›text_advanced_styling‹²›,‹²›animation_group‹²›:‹²›animation_group‹²›,‹²›responsive‹²›:‹²›responsive‹²›}” _fw_coder=”aggressive”][/text_block]