INSTITUTIONALIZING THE OPTION OF DAM REMOVAL : THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INITIATIVE

Discussion of the advancements that include the formation of the New Hampshire River Restoration Task Force and the creation of a dam removal program in that State in which most of the 4,800 dams were constructed during the industrial revolution and do not perform any longer their original functions for most of them. Public-private partnerships are necessary for those operations to restore fisheries, recreation activities and ecology functions.