Milburnie Dam Removal
The first dam removal as a restoration method for a mitigation bank, nationwideUnprecedented project, unprecedented results
in 2017 Restoration Systems restored seven miles of the Neuse River in Raleigh by removing the Milburnie Dam. The dam was built in 1901 and was preceded by other dams at the location since 1760. The ecology of the river began repairing itself immediately after the dam was removed, and migratory fish were able to travel to historic spawning grounds not visited in centuries. The public has repopulated the site as well, with hundreds of Raleigh citizens visiting site very day from the nearby Raleigh Greenway. The project was the first Mitigation Bank approved nationwide using dam removal as an accredited method of compensatory mitigation, and inspired two national regulatory documents from the EPA and USACE encouraging similar projects.
You spotted my trail cam near the beaver dam and left your card. I live near the dam removal site and I’m thrilled your team is still monitoring the changes happening. I’ve been exploring the area and fascinated by how it is slowly and sometimes not so slowly changing. I’ve put up a couple of the wildlife cameras off and on just for my own curiosity and I’ve got video of beaver, river otters, muskrat, coyotes, red and gray fox, wood ducks, hawks, barred owls and of course all the usual mallards, geese, rabbits, deer, raccoons, opossums, and squirrels. Thank you for the important work you do.
- River neighbor, in an email to RS
River Advocates Celebrate Dam Removal: Coastal Review Online
River Advocates Celebrate Dam Removal 05/16/2018 by Mark Hibbs PDF version: River Advocates Celebrate Dam Removal_Coastal Review Online Original source link: https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/05/river-advocates-celebrate-dam-removal/ Time-lapse video shows the removal of Milburnie Dam on the Neuse River in Raleigh by Restoration Systems during a four-month span in late 2017-18. The removal revealed rapids, which river advocates have dubbed Milburnie Falls....
Read MoreNews and Observer paddles new Neuse
It was a special pleasure to be here in Louisville, Kentucky for the 2018 National Mitigation and Environmental Banking Conference as the Raleigh News and Observer published an article about a recent paddle we took with the newspaper along the newly restored Neuse River. Tomorrow at 2:00 I give a presentation of the project to...
Read MoreE&E News on Milburnie and Dam Removal for Mitigation
INFRASTRUCTURE Clean Water Act may offer ‘magic key’ for dam removal Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, December 11, 2017 An environmental mitigation firm, Restoration Systems, tearing down the Milburnie Dam on the Neuse River outside Raleigh, N.C. The company will turn a profit on the credits it sells from the removal,...
Read MoreMilburnie Dam Removed
Less than two weeks after workers began clawing away at it, the Milburnie Dam is gone, and the Neuse River is flowing freely through Raleigh for the first time in centuries.
Read MoreMilburnie Dam Informational Video
Check out Restoration Systems new informational video concerning the Milburnie Dam removal, please share it — and consider signing our petition!
Read MoreRaleigh-based company trying to remove dam on Neuse River again
News Channel 14 RS Interview 09/28/2012 07:59 PM By: Diana Bosch RALEIGH— A dam on the Neuse River that some say causes hazardous conditions in the water could be removed. Another proposal has been made to take down the Milburnie Dam, near where two children died this summer. While some feel the move is necessary...
Read MoreThis Just In: Milburnie Dam agency and NGO Comments
Read MoreLet Loose the Neuse: Riverkeeper Strongly Supports Removing the Milburnie Dam
The Neuse River Foundation, and the Upper Neuse River Waterkeeper, Alissa Bierma, have written a fine letter in support of the Milburnie Dam removal during the recently concluded public comment period. We are so pleased that, in this expert organization’s estimation, the dam removal is the wise thing to do and will greatly benefit the...
Read MoreThat Ain’t Right!: Critic of dam removal fails to disclose conflict
I came into the office this morning (Saturday!) and was surprised to learn I had missed a News and Observer article earlier this morning about our proposal to remove the Milburnie Dam on the Neuse River. Anyway, I found the article, “Firm Again Asks to Remove Dam,” a mixed bag. I appreciated seeing the support...
Read MoreNational Support: American Rivers advocates for Milburnie Dam removal
Thrilled to see our friends at American Rivers asking their members to support the Milburnie Dam removal! Click the image to visit the site:
Read MoreSad Shad: Still blocked by Milburnie Dam after all these years
[This article was written in 2010, there is another public comment period open until Wednesday, December 14, 2011. You can view it here] Shad close to home BY JAVIER SERNA – Staff Writer Raleigh News and Observer April 16, 2010 Published in: Outdoors RALEIGH A 2-pound American shad hen danced along the Neuse River’s surface and spun...
Read MoreUNC: Dr. Doyle supports Milburnie Dam removal
UNC: Dr. Doyle supports Milburnie Dam removal
Read MorePublic Comment: Milburnie Dam removal
Just Raabe has seen his share of dam removals up close. I appreciate the point he makes in this public comment on removing the dam. Milburnie Dam Removal Joshua Raabe Public Comment
Read MoreOld Reliable: Raleigh News and Observer favors removing Milburnie Dam
News and Observer favors removing Milburnie Dam
Read MoreIn fight over dam, sides ask, What’s natural?
Khon Rahlan of Raleigh throws out a net at the Milburnie Dam on the Neuse River as he tries to catch fish in the shallows. A Raleigh firm proposes to take out the privately owned dam, which predates the Civil War. In fight over dam, sides ask, What’s natural? Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/22/448772/in-fight-over-dam-sides-ask-whats.html#ixzz0lqoQH6Vn BY JOSH SHAFFER...
Read MoreN&O: Residents argue that removing Milburnie Dam would ruin scenery
Page A-1 Thu, Apr 22, 2010 05:36 AM In Fight Over Dam Sides Ask: What’s Natural? RALEIGH For more than a century, Milburnie Dam has stood 16 feet high in the middle of Raleigh, a stone wall that interrupts the Neuse River like an aquatic comma. Above it, motorboats troll through deep water; below, fishermen...
Read MoreVideo: RS makes case for removing the Milburnie Dam on the Neuse in Raleigh
Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/50660/ RALEIGH, N.C. – A group of residents is fighting against proposed changes to the Neuse River in Raleigh. Raleigh-based Restoration Systems is proposing to remove the Milburnie Dam, which sits about 15 miles downstream from Falls Lake. But some residents who live along the river say they don’t want to see the...
Read MoreNice Note: Janet MacFall of Elon University thank you for Milburnie Dam removal talk
I’d have to say this is the nicest thank you note I have ever received. Very well written. I hope Janet and her classes make us a regular stop. We hit both the Milburnie and Lowell Dam removal sites that day and I enjoyed it as well. I am “guest lecturing” again at Duke tomorrow...
Read MoreSHAD CLOSE TO HOME
Pete Benjamin, a field supervisor for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Raleigh, fishes for American shad near the Milburnie Dam. Raleigh News & Observer, Thursday, April 15, 2010 SHAD CLOSE TO HOME Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/15/437433/shad-close-to-home.html#ixzz0lqB8qyqS BY JAVIER SERNA – STAFF WRITER RALEIGH — A 2-pound American shad hen danced along the Neuse River’s...
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