Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers – Yale Environment 360

More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural flows, improving habitat for aquatic life, and reopening thousands of river miles to migratory fish, from shad to American eels.
Dammed but Not Doomed – Hakai Magazine

As dams come down on the Skutik River, the once-demonized alewife—a fish beloved by the Passamaquoddy—gets a second chance at life…