anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Dam Removal Europe, a coalition of seven environmental groups including <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WWF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWF</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheNatureConservancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheNatureConservancy</span></a>, which aims to restore the free-flowing state of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/streams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streams</span></a>, said the pace of removals was rising.</p><p>It highlighted the removal of a quarry weir in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a>, where a steep gorge blocked heavy machinery and meant the weir had to be removed by hand, along with the removal of a series of dams on the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HiitolanjokiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiitolanjokiRiver</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, </p><p>4/9</p>