Old Dams Come Down and Herring Return to Northeastern Rivers
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⏮ BeforeObsolete dams blocked fish from reaching upstream waters in northeastern streams.
✅ NowDams are being removed and herring are returning to the rivers.
In short
- Many obsolete dams are being removed from northeastern streams and rivers.
- Herring are returning to these waterways in large numbers.
- Smaller dams get less attention than the big demolitions in the West.
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Dam removals reopen rivers that fish have been cut off from for generations. The source reports herring returning in droves to streams where barriers have come out. The work is quieter than large western demolitions but adds up one structure at a time.
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From Smithsonian
While the demolition of big dams in the West gets more attention, many of these often-obsolete obstructions are also coming out of northeastern streams and rivers—and herring are returning in droves
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