{
  "projectDescription": "The Town on Scituate, in partnership with the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in an effort to strengthen coastal ecosystem and community resilience to changing environmental conditions removed the  Hunters Pond Dam.The dam was in “Poor” condition and rated as a “Significant Hazard” dam by the Massachusetts Office of Dam Safety. Hunters Pond Dam, also known as the Mordecai Lincoln Road Pond Dam, was the first dam on Bound Brook and is located at the head-of-tide at the Gulf River estuary. It was the primary impediment to fish passage on the Bound Brook system. Removal of the Hunters Pond Dam opened up approximately 5 miles of riverine corridor and access to nearly 200 total acres of diadromous fish rearing and spawning habitat in Lilly Pond and the Aaron River Reservoir to benefit a variety of diadromous species including river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus and Alosa aestivalis), American eel (Anguilla rostrata), and rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax); species that have undergone a dramatic decline in Massachusetts over the last 400 years. The project  also restored natural riverine processes, occasional tidal ebb & flow to Hunters Pond, floodplain function within a 9 square mile coastal watershed, and improve water quality in Bound Brook.",
  "program": "Community-based Restoration",
  "name": "Hunters Pond Dam Removal and Bound Brook Restoration Project",
  "id": "4553",
  "state": "Massachusetts",
  "state_abbr": "MA",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2017-07-29 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "136418",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2017-10-30 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "42.223",
      "longitude": "-70.7887",
      "county": "Norfolk County",
      "city": "Cohasset",
      "congDistrict": "8",
      "riverBasin": "Bound Brook-Frontal The Gulf",
      "huc": "10900020103"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "in-stream",
      "fiscalYear": "2017",
      "actAcresReestablishCnt": "200",
      "actStreamMilesCnt": "5"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "rostrata",
      "genus": "Anguilla",
      "commonName": "Eel, american",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "mordax",
      "genus": "Osmerus",
      "commonName": "Smelt, rainbow",
      "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": "Gulf of Maine Council on the Environment (GOMC)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration"
    }
  ],
  "weblinks": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.mass.gov/lists/der-project-data",
      "description": "Data that was collected as part of this award is stored here"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Fish Passage",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "240919",
      "name": "240919_IMG_0086.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "Hunter Pond Dam during removal process",
      "credit": "NOAA",
      "date": "7/12/2017",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "240918",
      "name": "240918_P3040011.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Hunter Pond Dam on Bound Brook at the border of Scituate and Cohasset, MA.",
      "credit": "NOAA",
      "date": "3/10/2010",
      "imageType": "Before Photo",
      "feature": "Y"
    },
    {
      "id": "240100",
      "name": "240100_Hunter Pond 6.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Aerial photo of Hunter Pond dam post removal.",
      "credit": "MA Division of Ecological Restoration",
      "date": "7/19/2018",
      "imageType": "After Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    }
  ],
  "volunteers": [
    {
      "fiscalYear": "2014",
      "count": "6",
      "hours": "158.0"
    },
    {
      "fiscalYear": "2020",
      "count": "8",
      "hours": "17.0"
    },
    {
      "fiscalYear": "2013",
      "count": "2",
      "hours": "48.0"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Culvert modification (including replacement)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dam removal"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "fishCommEnhanceFlag": "Y",
      "fishOprMaintCostsFlag": "Y",
      "fishPublicSafetyFlag": "Y",
      "fishSitePassFlag": "Y",
      "monitorResultId": "A16910E2-1402-F111-8407-001DD80DB62A",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2019-03-20 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "Y",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2017",
      "noaaContribution": "192,566.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "partnerContribution": "5,925.88",
      "stateContribution": "91,663.12",
      "sourceProgram": "Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Town of Scituate"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "Gulf of Maine Council",
      "activityType": "Planning and Assessment",
      "fyAwarded": "2012",
      "noaaContribution": "40,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Town of Scituate"
      }
    }
  ]
}