In the years since NOAA and partners removed Bloede Dam, monitoring has found evidence of alewife and blueback herring using the reopened habitat on the Patapsco River.
Oil spill settlement-funded projects opened up a river and streams, and restored wetland habitat in two northeast states. Fish haven't been able to access some of these areas for hundreds of years.
NOAA and partners are working to remove the Pilchuck River Diversion Dam in Washington and reopen 37 miles of habitat to threatened salmon and steelhead.
Our team studies the linkages between habitat and anadromous fish using principles and methods from landscape, ecosystem, community, and population ecology.