White Rock Dam Removal

muddy, rocky riverbed with excavator on hill on right

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Removal of the White Rock Dam in Westerly, Rhode Island, and Stonington, Connecticut, opened up close to 25 miles of the Pawcatuck River and associated wetlands for migrating American shad, alewife, blueback herring, American eel, and sea-run trout. Photo by USFWS

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