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ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT TO BE IMPROVED & REMAINING TASKS This project was teclu7ically, financially, and logistically challenging. Working with federal agencies is always a daunting task. Since the dam was owned by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), they had originally offered to grant money for its removal. However, just weeks before the demolition date, they reneged and said they needed to have their people take out the dam for liability reasons. The Association worked with the USFWS to demolish the dam according to the original layout plans, using the Army Corps 404 permit obtained by the Association. We then completed restoration using the techniques and stil~ctures described above. It is hard to say what could have been done differently to avoid this. We were able to quickly adapt our plan to accommodate USFWS's needs. In addition, a downstream landowner was nervous about what would happen to his property once the dam was removed. The Association immediately held a facilitated meeting with all the surrounding landowners (who had been involved in project planning, but still had some queries) to discuss and answer questions. ki addition, an engineer from the Army Corps of Engineers was present in an additional meeting to assure landowners that the presence or absence of the dam is not a factor in firture damage from erosion that might occur in downstream reaches. h1 the fiiture the planning portion of projects will be improved by obtain neighboring landowner feedback well in advance of constn~ction dates. We are waiting to hear back from one last grant that can be used to remove more non- native invasive weeds from the site. If we do receive the grant, we'll cut the trees this March and then spray them when water levels go down in July. At this point, NFRIA can trouble-shoot any problems that arise during high water and correct them in the fall of 2006.