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To Free a River
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Ipswich River was known by the indigenous Pawtucket as the Agawam. A great tidal river which hosted a verdant and complex ecosystem. By the 1630's the colonist had renamed the river and built a dam to support their mills. The great tidal river no longer flowed as it had for millenia. Migratory fish such as eel, herring were stopped at the dam, unable to pass. Marking the end of an ecosytem.
Fast forward 400 years and the people of the town of Ipswich were presented with a choice, to keep the dam or take it down. Imagine an historic opportunity to restore an ecosystem. What would the people decide? I invite you to read