Photo By/Credit
Eric Spadgenske/USFWS
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The PFW program partnered with the private landowner and multiple other partners including the Service’s Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Restoration Team to remove the Livingston Dam on the Sucarnoochee River in western Alabama. Removal of this dam improved habitat in a designated segment of Critical Habitat for four federally protected mussels and two at-risk species. Over 600 miles of river and tributaries were re-opened for fish passage and the river now flows free for its entire length.
Ecosystem
River/stream