In this photo provided by The Nature Conservancy, students from the Becket Washington Elementary School, left, watch an excavator begin the demolition of the Ballou dam in Yokum Brook, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, in Becket, Mass. The dam was built in the 1800s to power grist mills. Now it is being removed to again allow Atlantic salmon and brook trout to make the eight-mile swim upstream from the Westfield River. (AP Photo/The Nature Conservancy, Bill Toomey) ** NO SALES **

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In this photo provided by The Nature Conservancy, students from the Becket Washington Elementary School, left, watch an excavator begin the demolition of the Ballou dam in Yokum Brook, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, in Becket, Mass. The dam was built in the 1800s to power grist mills. Now it is being removed to again allow Atlantic salmon and brook trout to make the eight-mile swim upstream from the Westfield River. (AP Photo/The Nature Conservancy, Bill Toomey) ** NO SALES **

 Bill Toomey / The Associated Press
 

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