In a new column, Patrick Shirey, Resource Policy Committee Chair for The American Fisheries Society, issues a call for volunteers to assist in drafting a new policy statement for the society on dam removals. Shirey notes the state of much of America’s aging dam infrastructure, the current pace of removals, and recent increases in the state of knowledge on the topic of dam effects and post-removal restoration. The new policy statement is expressly targeted at decisionmakers, he says, concluding, “Our…