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Restoration and Protection of Habitat and
Populations
Ames Colt Rhode Islands Bays, Rivers, and
Watersheds Coordination Team
Hunt Durey Massachusetts Division of Ecological
Restoration
Slade Moore Maine Coastal Program/Gulf of Maine
Council
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Habitat and Populations Focus Areas

• Re-Connecting Rivers/Streams
• Habitat Protection
• Monitoring and Assessment

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Reconnecting Rivers and Streams
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Dam Removal and Fish Passage
Barriers
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Kennebec undammed habitat above head of tide
since colonial era
Hall et al. 2011
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Perched and undersized culverts
Erin Witham
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Culverts How often are they barriers?
Data sources KELT, CBEP, KCSWD, USFWS, MFS,
SRWC, TU, and partners
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USFWS Gulf of Maine Coastal Program
Road Barrier Surveys
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Dams and Culverts blocked access
Data sources USFWS, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust,
KCSWD, Maine Forest Service, and partners
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Economic Benefit Jobs
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Economic Benefit Sustainable Fisheries
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Economic Benefit Fewer Repair and Replacement
Costs
Steve Koenig
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Habitat Protection
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Habitat Protection Conservation Benefits
Other species or graphic
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Economic Benefits

• Full restoration later is not always an option
  
• Protection is cheaper than restoration

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Habitat Protection Economic Benefits
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Assessment Monitoring
Ecosystem-based adaptive management is
information knowledge-intensive Comprehensive
assessment monitoring is Cheap generates a
host of economic educational benefits
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Seafloor Habitat Mapping
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Juvenile Winter Flounder EFH Old vs. New
Status Quo/Current
New Preferred Alternative
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Regional Monitoring of Key Species
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Regional Vent-less Trap Lobster Survey
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The southern New England lobster stockis
critically depleted
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Rhode Island YOY Settlement Survey.