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Barrier identification and prioritisation
Pre-demolition
Dam removal
Enabling others to remove dams
Enabling the dam removal movement
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The Open Rivers Programme is celebrating the 100th barrier removal through programme-funded projects! The 100th programme-supported removal took place in early October in the Vindelälven catchment in northern Sweden. The Vindel River winds through the wild heart of a rare free-flowing river system protected as both a Natura 2000 site and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. In this remarkable setting, Rewilding Sweden led the removal of three of five barriers planned under a demolition project funded by the Open Rivers Programme. These removals have reconnected 102 kilometres of upstream river, with a further 11 kilometres expected once the remaining two barriers are taken down. Building on a previous pre-demolition grant from the programme, the removal of the Fräkentjärnsdammen, Mjösjödammet, Malsjödammen, Skvaltkvarn and Lappträskdammen dams will open more than 112 kilometres of river habitat.
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