THE IPSWICH RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION WILL BE AWARDED $2,359,186 TO RESTORE PASSAGE TO 238 MILES OF PRIORITY HABITAT IN THE IPSWICH AND PARKER RIVER WATERSHEDS, TRIBUTARIES TO THE GREAT MARSH AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS FIVE DAMS: IPSWICH MILLS, LARKIN MILL, WILLOWDALE, HOWLETT BROOK, AND SOUTH MIDDLETON DAMS. PASSAGE WILL BE RESTORED AT FOUR DAMS, ALONG WITH DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE LOWEST DAM IN THE WATERSHED. THE PROJECTS WILL BENEFIT RIVER HERRING, AMERICAN SHAD, AND AMERICAN EEL. ALL OF THE DAMS HAVE HIGH CLIMATE RELATED HAZARD LEVELS DUE TO COMMUNITY FLOODING AND RISK OF FAILURE, AND HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED IN MULTIPLE REGIONAL CLIMATE AND FISHERIES CONSERVATION PLANS. SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED NEAR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND ALL PROJECT WORK INCLUDES OUTREACH TO AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THESE COMMUNITIES. RECREATIONAL ACCESS THROUGH A POPULAR CANOEING AREA WILL ALSO BE RESTORED, WHICH WILL CONNECT