{
  "projectDescription": "The Potter Hill Dam, a 8-foot high structure, is the last significant physical barrier to fish passage on the mainstem on the Pawcatuck River, a river that was designated as a federal Wild and Scenic River in 2019.  The Pawcatuck River watershed is a 307-square mile, high quality watershed in southwestern Rhode Island and portion of southeastern Connecticut. Dam removal will restore unrestricted migratory fish passage to 30 miles of the mainstem river, 83 miles of tributaries for use by river herring and American shad and 3,072 acres of spawning and rearing ponds for alewife and rearing for American eel. NOAA Year 1 funding addresses supplemental assessment and design tasks. Year 2 addresses final design and project implementation, Year 3 addresses remaining project implementation and monitoring.",
  "program": "BIL - FP",
  "name": "Potter Hill Dam Removal",
  "id": "5301",
  "state": "Rhode Island",
  "state_abbr": "RI",
  "region": "NER - Northeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2026-07-01 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "In Progress/Phased",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EIS for RC",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2026-10-15 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Planning",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "41.41409",
      "longitude": "-71.7969",
      "county": "Cameron Parish",
      "city": "Cameron",
      "congDistrict": "3",
      "riverBasin": "Mud Lake-Frontal Gulf of Mexico",
      "huc": "80802060605"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "in-stream"
    },
    {
      "name": "pond"
    }
  ],
  "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": "The Nature Conservancy"
    },
    {
      "name": "Southern Rhode Island Conservation District"
    },
    {
      "name": "Town of Westerly"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Fish Passage",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "241211",
      "name": "241211_Potter Hill dam.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "Potter Hill Dam",
      "credit": "NOAA RC",
      "date": "3/11/2020",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N",
      "creditIndividual": "Jim Turek"
    },
    {
      "id": "241209",
      "name": "241209_Cormorants below the dam.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Cormorants below Potter Hill dam, feeding on returning river herring",
      "date": "4/24/2020",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N",
      "creditIndividual": "Martin Custidio"
    },
    {
      "id": "241210",
      "name": "241210_Defunct Mill site.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Defunct Potter Mill",
      "date": "4/24/2020",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N",
      "creditIndividual": "Martin Custidio"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Dam removal"
    },
    {
      "name": "Research/recommendations/surveys"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "fishOprMaintCostsFlag": "Y",
      "fishPublicSafetyFlag": "Y",
      "monitorResultId": "529927DD-1402-F111-8406-001DD80663E3",
      "tier1Agreement": "Y",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2027-10-12 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2Flag": "N",
      "monitorConductFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "description": "Conceptual designs in early 2021; select preferred project alternative for design in summer and fall 2021",
      "name": "Engineering and design",
      "category": "Planning and Assessment"
    },
    {
      "description": "Site topo survey, impoundment sediment sampling and mapping; RIGIS data set for watershed wetlands accessed to assess potential impacts.",
      "name": "Surveys/mapping (GIS)",
      "category": "Planning and Assessment"
    },
    {
      "description": "Removal of the dam will lower flood frequency and the 100-year floodplain elevation upstream of the dam. Flow impacts to the Town of Westerly and Pawcatuck, CT are also expected to have reduced flood risk by eliminating a catastrophic dam and/or raceway failure event.",
      "name": "Flood risk reduction",
      "category": "Community Benefits"
    },
    {
      "quantity": "2.0",
      "units": "number of meetings",
      "description": "The partners expect at least two public meetings will be held in 2020-2021 to seek consensus of the project alternative.",
      "name": "Meetings",
      "category": "Community Enhancement - Education & Outreach"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2020",
      "noaaContribution": "110,682.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "100,620.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Town of Westerly"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2021",
      "noaaContribution": "150,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "155,000.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Town of Westerly"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2024",
      "noaaContribution": "682,800.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "BIL - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Round 2",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Town of Westerly"
      }
    }
  ]
}