Work began Monday on removal of the West Milford Dam.
WEST MILFORD — Officials kicked off the first day of a three-month undertaking Monday to remove three dams along the West Fork River in Harrison County.
The West Milford Dam is the first set to be removed, and that phase of the project is underway, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Clarksburg Water Board is working with Fish and Wildlife and Canaan Valley Institute, among other partners, to remove the dams.
“Today we got the construction access ramp down to the water’s edge complete, and we have created the block pads upstream of the dam for the heavy equipment to walk out on,” said Callie McMunigal, the Appalachian partnership coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
McMunigal said the first 2-foot notch made to the dam in a three-day phase of its removal also was completed Monday…
