Presentations
- Full Webinar Recording: Removing ‘Road Dams’ in Europe?
- PDF of webinar chat
- Kim Aarestrup, Technical University of Denmark: How can ‘deculverting’ become business as usual in Europe
- Sofia Perä, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten Sweden: LIFE+ project 2011-2016 Remibar – Remediation of barriers in streams
- Joshua Royte, The Nature Conservancy Maine: Road Crossing Barriers and Systemic Solutions
- Jenny Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola, WWF Finland: Restoring river connectivity in Finland by opening up and retrofitting culverts
- Nathaniel Gillespie, U.S. Forest Service: What is the Problem with Culverts and Road-Crossings?
- Carlos Garcia de Leanis and Amber Consortium, Swansea University: Death by a Million Pipes
- Robert Gubernick R.G., U.S. Forest Service: Stream Simulation Design Principles and Applications in the U.S.A.
- Marq Redeker, CDM Smith: Some International Culvert Fish Passage Guidance
- Mark Weinhold (Culvertologist), US Forest Service, explains retrofitting culverts (video)
Part 1: What is at stake? Why do we need dam removal?
Keynote speakers:
Parallel Session 1: Overview of dams in Europe
Parallel Session 2: Critical status of European rivers
Parallel Session 3: Effects of barriers on fish populations
Parallel Session 4: Decline of land ecosystems
Part 2: How to push Dam Removal forward?
Keynote speakers:
Parallel Session 1: Approaches to prioritize dam removal
Parallel Session 2: Highlighting negative effects of dams
Parallel Session 3: Pointing to the chances
Parallel Session 4: Innovative communication strategies
Part 3: Benefits of Dam Removal to Nature and People
Keynote Speakers:
Parallel Session 1: Ecological benefits of dam removal
Parallel Session 2: Economic benefits of dam removal
Parallel Session 3: Social benefits of dam removal
Parallel Session 4: Removals in the view of climate change
Part 4: Political Frameworks and Financing
Keynote speakers:
Parallel Session 1: Exemplary political frameworks.
Parallel Session 2: Financing dam removal
Parallel Session 3: Expiring concessions as new chances:
Parallel Session 4: Legal cases and law enforcement
- The full report on the seminar (English)
- The full report on the seminar (French)
- Roberto Epple, European Rivers Network: Dam removal in France: history and portrait
- Claire-Cécile Garnier, Ministère de l’écologie, France: French legislation ecological continuity
- Pao Fernández Garrido, WFMF: Portrait of a new European movement of opening up swim ways in rivers
- Françis Hayes, Scottish Environment Protection Agency: Water Environmental Fund for river restoration
- Ollikainen Hanna and Sampsa Vilhunen, South Karelian Foundation for Recreation Areas and WWF Finland: The largest dam removal in Finland, River Hiitolanjoki, paving the way for new era in river restoration
- Nina Richard, CETU Elmis Ingénieries, Université de Tours, France: Maisons-Rouges removal on the Vienne river, 20 years later: monitoring sedimentary dynamics, habitats and fauna and flora
- Gordon Grant, Forest Service, PNW Research Station, USA: Lessons learned about the physical and aquatic response of rivers to dam removal
- Gilles Berrée, Direction Départementale des Territoire et de la Mer de la Manche, France: Selune dams removals operation
- Stéphane Fraisse, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, France: The Sélune Research Program
- Marie-Anne Germaine (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre – France): Is the removal of the Selune dams also a failure? Social approach to ecological restoration
- Alain Crave, Ophélie Fovet, Anne-Julia Rollet, Candide Lissak, Université de Caen, INRA, Université Rennes, CNRS, France: Hydro-sedimentary, biogeochemical and geomorphological characterization and dynamics of the Sélune River
- Claudine Thenail, Audrey Alignier, Simon Dufour, Ivan Bernez, INRA, Université Rennes, France: Design of an observatory device and pre-dismantling inventory (2015-2018); Landscapes and regions of the Sélune Valley (Séripage project)
- Christophe Piscart, Jean-Marc Roussel and Eric Petit, CNRS, INRA, France: Biocenoses of the Sélune, functioning and evolution
- Jean-Paul Doron, Fédération Nationale de la Pêche en France: Associative organisation for recreational fishing and river continuity
- Aurélie Jouée et Erick Goupil, SAGE Selune et Communauté d’agglomération du Mont Saint-Michel Normandie, France: Selune Valley revival
- Pablo Rault, INRA, France: Selune Observatory
- Jenny Shin, Korean Federation of Environmental Movement, South Korea: Korea’s Dam Removal Campaign, Restoration of Four Major Rivers
- Jean Allardi, Association Internationale de défense du saumon Atlantique: Creation of values by the return of the salmon in a free valley
- Joshua Royte, The Nature Conservancy, USA: Ecological and social impacts of dam removals on the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers, Maine
- Olivier Fauriel and Stéphane Le Villain, Agence Française pour la biodiversité et Agence de l’Eau Seine Normandie France: Restoration of ecological continuity in Orne river, benefits and biological response
- Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Freshwater Fisheries and Ecology National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark: Barrier removal and river restoration: benefitting fish, people and the economy
- Beth Lambert, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, USA: The economic impacts of ecological restoration and dam removal in Massachusetts
- Christopher Grzesiok, Paul Herickx, Environment Agency, England, UK: Dove Cliff Weir Removal: River Restoration or Heritage Vandalism
- Mathieu Georgeon, Fédération du Pas de Calais pour la pêche et la protection du milieu aquatique, France: Restoration of the La Hem river basin in the Nord Pas de Calais
- Olav Ojala, Ministry of Environment Estonia: Overview of investments on rivers in Estonia
- Raimo Jaaksoo, Ministry of Environment, Estonia: Remediation of Purtse River Basin and introduction to second fieldtrip
- Sampsa Vilhunen, WWF Finland: Dam Removal Europe and introduction of the diverse formula for Finnish dam removals
- Bob Irvin, American Rivers, USA: From Monkey-wrenching to Mainstream: 30 years of dam removal and river restoration in the USA
- Jukka Jormola, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland: Dam removal in Finland: Reasons, goals, status and social perspective
- Ivan Olsson, County Administrative Board of Skåne, Sweden: River connectivity, habitats and water quality towards restored ecosystem services in Rönne å River
- Külli Tammur, Environment Agency, Estonia: Restoration of Pärnu River Basin
- Aitziber Urquijo Luengo and Nekane Echandi Almandoz, Basque Water Agency, Spain: Dam Removals in Basque Country
- Kim Birnie Gauvin, Denmark Technical University: Barrier removal: The Danish Perspective
- Otso Lintinen, Ramboll, Finland: Removal of the Tikkurila Dam: From barrier to breeding place
- Lars Ljunggren, Swedish Anglers Association: Dam removal and restoration of recruitment areas in the Baltic Sea
- Sara Sandberg, Fortum Sverige, and Johan Tielman, Sydkraft vattenkraft AB, Sweden: The hydropower industry’s perspective on dam removal
- Gustavo Gonzalez Fernandez, Iberian Centre for Restoration, Spain: Dam Removal vs Invasive Species Report
- Joakim Kruse, Bothnian Sea Authority, Sweden: Implementation of WFD in Sweden – Dam removal as a measure?
- Olli Sivonen, WWF Finland: Dam removal campaign Finland
- Rachel Bowes, Karlstad University, Sweden: Social perspectives on Dam Removal
- Anna Hagelin, Gavleborg County Administrative Board, Sweden: When dam removal is not an option-Rehabilitating River Dalälven
- Maxime Portier, Normandie Grands Migrateurs, France: The importance of migratory fish data and monitoring as decision-making tools for dam removal projects
- Stéphane Fraisse, French National Institute for Agricultural Research: Pre- and post-removal study of Vézins and La Roche qui Boit dams
- Olga Denyshchyk, WWF Ukraine: Ukranian rivers and the will to remove useless dams
- Ercan Ayboga, Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany: Removal of the Krebsbach Dam Lessons Learned
- Bart Fokkens, European Centre for River Restoration, Netherlands: River basin connectivity and dam management – The importance of sharing practices through knowledge networks
- Brian Coghlan, Inland Fisheries Ireland: Irish Barriers – Identification, mitigations and removals
- Toomas Tamm, Estonian Univeristy of Life Sciences: An overview of successful restoration, actual contested dam removals in Estonia
- Andrew Harbicht, Karlstad University, Sweden: Marieberg Dam removal, River Mörrumsån
- Cui Zhenhua, Hangzhou Regional Centre for Small Hydropower (HRC) National Research Institute for Rural Electrification and Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute (NHRI): Practices of small hydropower and dam removal in China
- Axel Emanuelsson, Norconsult, Sweden: Dam removal in Lake Acksjön
- Piotr Parasiewicz, S. Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Poland: The river rehabilitation tool-box (AMBER, Horizon 2020)
- Paul Herickx, Environment Agency, England:Unlocking the Severn – Delivering weir removal as the first phase
- Bo Nordell, Lulea Univeristy of Technology, Sweden: Development of the Lillpite River Valley after Dam Removal
- Anne Shaffer, Coastal Watershed Insitute, USA: Nearshore effects of the Elwha Dam Removals
- David Parks, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, USA: Bluff Recession in the Elwha and Dungeness Littoral Cells, Washington, USA
- Jaakko Erkinaro, Natural Resources Institute, Finland: Migratory Salmonid fish and dams, do they mix?
- Tiia Valtonen, Ramboll, Finland: Tikkurila Dam Removal in the City of Vantaa, Finland
- Video Presentations: Watch the Video Presentations
- Allan Cullagh, Inland Fisheries: The legal and social implications of barrier removal in an Irish context
- Erin McCombs, American Rivers, USA: The evolution of an American Movement to restore rivers
- Martyn Lucas, Durham University, UK: The ecological benefits of barrier removal: evidence and debate
- Maxime Potier and Andre Berné, Normandie Grands Migrateurs and Agence de l’eau Seine Normandie, France: The comeback of Atlantic salmon in the Orne river
- Ed Shaw, Don Catchment Rivers Trust, UK: Tackling the weirs of the Don catchment
- Dan Johnson, Environment Agency, UK: Salmon in the Stour
- Kelly Quantrill, Durham University, UK: Risk assessment tool for weir removal
- Chris Grzesiok, Environment Agency, UK: Restoration of the river Tame in urban Birmingham
- Ulrich Eichelmann, RiverWatch, AUT: Weg Dammit
- Harriet Alvis, Bristol Avon Rivers, UK: Public perceptions of weirs
- Joanne Barlow, Mott Mcdonald, UK: Pont Aran
- Simon Evans, WUF, UK: Workshop field trips
- Perikles Karageorgopoulos, Environment Agency, UK: Mening Lowland rivers
- Daniel Brazier, Eden Rivers Trust, UK: Low mill weir
- Chris Hossli, AquaViva – WWF, SWI: Fluss Frei
- Bart Geenen, WWF, NL: Dam Removal Europe
- Chris Gardner, South-East River Trust, UK: Challenges in delivering weir removal projects
- Pao Fernandez, WFMF, Spain: AMBER and World Fish Migration Day 2018
- Kevin Nash, Environment Agency, UK: Geomorphological changes post weir removal in the Urban River Irwell
- Janos Vargas: Human-River relationship in the 21st Century
- Roberto Epple, ERN, France: Dam Decommissioning, State of the Art in France
