A dam constructed in Vermont in the early 1900s to provide water to a private trout fishing pond eventually turned into an obstruction to fish movement while disrupting the natural flow of a stream. The Killooleet Dam, located on the Hancock Branch of the White River near Camp Killooleet, was damaged by back-to-back floods before Tropical Storm Irene breached it in August 2011. This destroyed most of the structure, but concrete remnants stayed in the waterway, thus constricting the channel and preventing the stream from accessing the floodplain along its northern bank. After seven years, the White River Partnership (WRP) and its partners removed those remaining materials and carried out further channel improvements. The project reopened 87 miles of stream to fish passage.
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