CANTON — Chairman Malcolm Ray told the Dam Core Committee on Monday night that he has taken three of the six logs out of the temporary dam on Anasagunticook Lake. The rest will be removed in two weeks.

The temporary dam on Whitney Brook has been holding the water level in Lake Anasagunticook constant this summer, which allowed for boating and swimming in the lake for the first time in two years. Ray said the water level will not be as low as it was after the dam gates were opened, estimating it would be down 2 feet rather than 4.

Ray, along with state Sen. Bruce Bryant, D-Dixfield, and other committee members met with Colin Clark, an inspector for the Department of Environmental Protection on the alleged violations at the dam. Clark wants the rocks at the temporary dam out of Whitney Brook this fall, but they could be put back next spring.

Ray said he thinks this will cause more disruption to the water than if the rocks are left in. He said he will be asking for a permit to cover what’s been done and to allow the rocks to remain and not disturb the stream bottom.

“I want to keep what we have,” he said.

Selectman Jackie Conant said she and Debbie Hutchins from the Water Department had been talking to Community Development Block Grant officials about money for the permanent dam. Conant said they will be calling for a town meeting in November to decide whether to apply for a grant.

The limit of a CDBG grant is $500,000. Ray said he thought the cost of a new dam would be more than $650,000.

Ray also reported on the workshop and tour of Whitney Brook on Saturday. He said it was a great community-building exercise where speakers discussed how the wetland, lake and flood plain should be managed.

“We as a town, need to figure out what we need to accomplish with the lake and stream,” he said.