Save Natick Dam

It gives character to the city.

Please save the South Natick Dam.

I have spent many days by this beautiful water feature it is a staple of South Natick

Save the dam

The dam serves no flood control purpose. Removing the spillway does not change risk of flooding downstream, nor does it alter the floodplain.

With all due respect, does your training as a wildlife rehabilitator make you an expert on river ecosystems and management?

With all due respect, does your training as a wildlife rehabilitator make you an expert on river ecosystems and management?

leave the dam

You are so misinformed. Repairing the dam will cost over $1.1 million MORE upfront (+ $800K over 30 years) than it would to remove the spillway. Second, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife stocks trout in the river just above the dam. That’s why your brothers have been able to find fish there. Finally, Natick has a Select Board, not a Board of Selectmen. Please, I implore you, get your facts straight!! You’re making a decision based on entirely false information. It’s a shame, really!

Let me edit your comment to make it more accurate: -- Saving the dam preserves White history... I request White history. Restoring the river is ultimately better for the river ecosystem. And I'm not sure I would call a $1.1M (+ additional $800K over 30 years) difference a similar cost either way. And in case you are not aware, repairing the dam is the more expensive option.

That's actually untrue! Both costs have been made very clear as part of the advisory committee's work: $1.5 million to remove the spillway. $2.6 million to repair the dam, + $800K over 30 years for maintenance and operations related to keeping the dam.

I am an old Natickite

The naturalists recognize that restoring the river is ultimately better for the entire ecosystem. Damming the river has led to warmer water temperatures, reduced oxygenation of the water, impediments to migration of fish, and so on. Time to do the right thing and reverse all of these negative changes that the dam and spillway have created.

With all due respect, an objective review of your claim to objectivity has concluded that you cannot be objective.

The health of the river ecosystem and our environment is one of the most important things we can protect, and to NOT take action to restore the river would be shortsighted...

The beautiful dam is one of the many unique properties in South Natick and would be shortsighted to lose it ..

To those promoting the removal of this beautiful natural resource, and signature public feature of South Natick, you have not made your case. As a resident of South Natick, taxpayer and attorney by trade, I have objectively looked at the arguments. I remain confused on the issues and unconvinced of the necessity for removal.

Growing up in South Natick, the dam was part of the fabric of that part of town. Saving the dam preserves history and the surrounding ecosystems. There is a similar cost either way. I request history

Effect on established wildlife will be negative. Where are the Naturalists on this?

I am for saving the dam for many reasons and when they talk about it costing s million to save and upkeep, they never address the expense of taking it down.