{
  "projectDescription": "This project explored the alternatives to provide fish passage at the Talbot Mills Dam in Billerica, Massachusetts.  Feasibility study was completed in 2017 and the owner of the dam decided in 2019 to pursue the option of dam removal.   The project is currently is the final design and permitting phase and construction is targeted for the summer/fall low flow season of 2025.",
  "program": "DARRP",
  "name": "Concord River Diadromous Fish Restoration, Talbot Mills Billerica MA",
  "id": "4340",
  "state": "Massachusetts",
  "state_abbr": "MA",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "orrId": "2602",
  "constructionStartDate": "2026-07-01 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Individual project EA",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2027-09-30 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Planning",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "42.59175",
      "longitude": "-71.2838",
      "county": "Middlesex County",
      "city": "Billerica",
      "congDistrict": "6",
      "riverBasin": "Mill Brook-Concord River",
      "huc": "10700050206"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "in-stream"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "rostrata",
      "genus": "Anguilla",
      "commonName": "Eel, american",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "sapidissima",
      "genus": "Alosa",
      "commonName": "Shad, american",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "aestivalis",
      "genus": "Alosa",
      "commonName": "Herring, blueback (river herring)",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "pseudoharengus",
      "genus": "Alosa",
      "commonName": "Alewife (river herring)",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Fish Passage",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "238151",
      "name": "238151_P1010046.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Photo of Talbot Mills Dam, Billerica, MA",
      "credit": "NOAA",
      "date": "8/19/2009",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "Y",
      "creditIndividual": "Eric Hutchins"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Dam removal"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fishway / fish ladder"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "151074E1-1402-F111-8406-001DD80008CC",
      "tier1Agreement": "N",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2027-10-01 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "DARRP Settlement Funds",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2012",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "stateContribution": "425,000.0",
      "sourceProgram": "DARRP - Damage Assessment, Remediation & Restoration Program"
    }
  ]
}