The Farmington River Watershed Association acknowledged Thursday that a 1998 agreement it signed compelled it to call off its campaign opposing a plan by The Metropolitan District to supply water to the University of Connecticut.

Removal of the 128-foot long, 25-foot high concrete dam in East Granby and Bloomfield, Connecticut, will help make the river and its tributaries accessible to migratory fish that have historically spawned there. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.