If you’ve followed this website and our work for the last few years, you’ve seen several videos about removing dams in New England and the positive impact restored stream flow has on the environment. Here’s another one! The good folks in Concord, Massachusetts are deciding soon on whether or not they want to remove the Warner’s Pond Dam on Nashoba Brook ion West Concord. Nashoba Brook flows into the Assabet River just downstream from the dam. We were hired by the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council to make a short video that explains the benefits of dam removal, which you can see in its entirety above. You can learn more about the effort to restore Nashoba Brook here: https://oars3rivers.org/our-work/ecological-restoration/dam-removal/warner-pond-dam/

Here are some stills from the project:

Ryan filming from the Reel Quest canoe on Nashoba Brook in Concord, MA.

The Warner’s Pond Dam on Nashoba Brook in Concord, MA

Frame grab of Julia from the film kayaking in the vegetation-choked impoundment behind Warner’s Pond Dam.

Frame grab of Ryan paddling the Reel Quest canoe on the Assabet River in Concord, MA.

Sunset over the Assabet River in Concord, Massachusetts

Learn More:

Watch our video “One Million Fish” about a successful stream restoration effort in Maine: https://reelquestfilms.com/project/restoring-alewives-to-china-lake/

Watch our video: “Our Responsibility” about a similar effort to restore the Ipswich River: https://reelquestfilms.com/project/our-responsibility-freeing-the-ipswich-river/