There are many studies that explore the economic pros and cons of removing a dam. Here we will emphasize articles that study dams removals in Maine.<\/p>\n
This article focuses on the value of recreational fishing that resulted from the removal of the Edwards Dam. By their estimates economic impact was between $1.5 to $65 million.<\/em><\/p>\nJ American Water Resour Assoc - 2008 - Robbins - Demolish it and They Will Come Estimating the Economic Impacts of-24<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here the authors point to the removal of the Edwards Dam as a contributor to increased real estate prices in properties near the river.<\/em><\/p>\nReal Estate Prices<\/a>\n <\/p>\n NOAA predicts “modifications or removal of all dams in the Lower Androscoggin River to generate substantial commercial and recreational fishing benefits. Using only a subset of all affected fish species and conservative estimates of fisheries effects, the estimated economic values for two different scenarios of habitat area above dams is $5.8 to $14.8 million in total benefits annually.<\/span>” page 94.<\/em><\/p>\n20210101 Androscoggin River Watershed Comprehensive Plan for Diadromous Fishes, NMFS 2020<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are many studies that explore the economic pros and cons of removing a dam. Here we will emphasize articles that study dams removals in Maine. This article focuses on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}