{
  "projectDescription": "Local, state, and federal agencies have formed a partnership to restore natural riverine functions and anadromous fish passage to Yokum Brook by removing the Silk Mill and Ballou Dams, Becket, MA.",
  "program": "Community-based Restoration",
  "name": "Yokum Brook Restoration Project - Silk Mill Dam Removal",
  "id": "313",
  "state": "Massachusetts",
  "state_abbr": "MA",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2003-02-01 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "215279",
  "nonFedLeverage": "10825",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2003-02-28 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "42.3212",
      "longitude": "-73.0865",
      "county": "Berkshire County",
      "city": "Chester",
      "congDistrict": "1",
      "riverBasin": "Lower Connecticut",
      "huc": "10802060201"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "in-stream",
      "fiscalYear": "2003",
      "actStreamMilesCnt": "4.5"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "trutta",
      "genus": "Salmo",
      "commonName": "Trout, sea-run brown",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "fontinalis",
      "genus": "Salvelinus",
      "commonName": "Trout, brook",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "salar",
      "genus": "Salmo",
      "commonName": "Salmon, atlantic",
      "listingStatus": "Not Listed"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Natural Resources Conservation Service",
      "fedAgency": "Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "NOAA Community-based Restoration Program",
      "fedAgency": "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"
    },
    {
      "name": "US Environmental Protection Agency",
      "fedAgency": "US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)"
    },
    {
      "name": "The Nature Conservancy"
    },
    {
      "name": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Trout Unlimited"
    },
    {
      "name": "American Rivers"
    },
    {
      "name": "FishAmerica Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Westfield River Wild and Scenic Advisory Committee"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Riverways Program"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Office of Dam Safety"
    },
    {
      "name": "National Park Service"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Office of Fishing and Boating Access"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "US Geological Survey"
    },
    {
      "name": "Northeast Utilities"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sweetwater Trust"
    },
    {
      "name": "California Coastal Conservancy"
    },
    {
      "name": "Westfield River Watershed Association"
    },
    {
      "name": "Becket-Washington School"
    },
    {
      "name": "Town of Becket"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife"
    },
    {
      "name": "Connecticut River Watershed Council"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Fish Passage",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "3840",
      "name": "3840_F26095_Silk After.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Silk Mill Dam was removed in 2003.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "3846",
      "name": "3846_F27503_Silk Before.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "The Silk Mill Dam before removal. The dam, no longer in use, blocked fish movement and interrupted riverine functions.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "3849",
      "name": "3849_F12511_YOKUM SALMON FRY.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "Salmon fry, raised by students in the nearby Becket-Washington Elementary School,  were released during a ceremony to celebrate the dam's removal.",
      "credit": "James Turek , NOAA",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    }
  ],
  "volunteers": [
    {
      "count": "12",
      "hours": "240.0"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Dam removal"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "8F18E4E8-1402-F111-8407-001DD80DB1B6",
      "tier1Agreement": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "N",
      "tier2Flag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "50,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "41,300.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Town of Becket"
      }
    }
  ]
}