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As reported by Yale Environment 360, hundreds of small, obsolete dams have been removed across the Northeast, a region once teeming with free-flowing rivers.
Conservation groups, local governments, and even private landowners are stepping up to dismantle these barriers, allowing rivers to heal themselves naturally.
Scientists have reported fish species like alewives, shad, and even the endangered Atlantic sturgeon surging upstream to return in numbers unseen for generations. »