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Dam removal practitioner perspectives on incorporating climate change into dam removal decisions in the eastern United States

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Abbott, K.M., 2023, Dam removal practitioner perspectives on incorporating climate change into dam removal decisions in the eastern United States, https://doi.org/10.21429/s2pe-ww46.

Summary

Incorporating climate change into conservation and restoration decisions is increasingly important for natural resource managers and restoration practitioners. Dam removal is an example of a restoration tool that may offer multiple socio-economic and ecological benefits in urban streams and promote climate resilience. With the pace of dam removals increasing, practitioners and researchers are well-poised to incorporate climate change into future dam removal decisions. Therefore, we surveyed dam removal practitioners across 14 states in the eastern United States to understand current practices of dam removals, factors driving restoration decisions, and how climate change knowledge is incorporated into these decisions. We also aimed [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Katherine Abbott, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Originator :
Katherine Abbott
Metadata Contact :
Katherine Abbott, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Distributor :
GS ScienceBase, U.S. Geological Survey
Funding Agency :
Northeast CASC
Contributor :
Allison Roy

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DamRemovalPractitionerPerspectives_DataRelease.xml
“Metadata”
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DamRemovalPractitionerPerspectives_DataRelease_individual_v1.csv
“Survey Questions” 		58.96 KB text/csv
DamRemovalPractitionerPerspectives_DataRelease_organizationType_v1.csv
“Response averages and standard deviations for organization type” 		1.41 KB text/csv
DamRemovalPractitionerPerspectives_DataRelease_region_v1.csv
“Response averages and standard deviations for region” 		1.03 KB text/csv

Purpose

The data summarize results from a survey distributed to dam removal practitioners from the states serviced by the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NECASC). The NECASC Region includes 14 states: Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Kentucky (KY), Maine (ME), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), Virginia (VA), Vermont (VT), and West Virginia (WV). With the survey questions, we aimed to 1) better understand current practices of dam removals and factors driving decisions; 2) understand if and how climate change knowledge is incorporated into these decisions; and 3) identify barriers to and expand on opportunities for knowledge exchange among practitioners and researchers. This research may be used to inform dam removal decisions in the context of climate change, and may be useful for broadly understanding future directions of aquatic restoration research and practice.

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