FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, the Nature Conservancy and other partners have broken ground on a project aimed at restoring the natural flow of the Elk River.
Removal of the Harm’s Mill Dam started Monday, meaning that access to the site will be closed until the project is complete. Agencies have targeted mid-November for the completion of this project.
The dam was targeted for removal in the late 2010s by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Funding was secured in 2023 through the National Fish Passage Program. The dam itself, along with an adjacent powerhouse in Lincoln County, was built in the early 1920s by the Fayetteville Light and Power Company…