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Pawcatuck River Fish Passage Restoration Project Restoring Our Connections To The Sea For Migratory Fish Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association NOAA Restoration Center January 24 th 2010 Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Assn Ecological

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“Restoring Our Connections To The Sea For Migratory Fish”

Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association NOAA Restoration Center

January 24th 2010

Pawcatuck River Fish Passage Restoration Project

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Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Assn

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(Text Source: CT DEP) Bald eagles River otter Osprey Striped bass

River herring are a major prey item Healthy river herring populations support many species of game fish Many other species of wildlife depend on healthy river herring populations as a source of food

Ecological Significance

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Target Species

A range of species will benefit including…. alewife and blueback herring, American shad, Atlantic salmon, American eel, brook and brown trout Total habitat to be made accessible to fish…… approximately 1300 acres in the upper Pawcatuck watershed and over 8 stream miles

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Little Narragansett Bay Worden Pond

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The Estuary

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Attraction Flows

Downtown Westerly

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White Rock

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Fish Ladder Entrance

Potter Hill Mill

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Fish Ladder Entrance

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Bradford Dam

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Bradford Fish Ladder

RIDEM Owned & Maintained Dam & Land Owned by Bradford Dye Built by RIDEM in 1981 Modified by WPWA NRCS USFWS in 2008

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Lower Shannock Falls

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Horseshoe Falls

Ladder

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Ladder Location

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Kenyon Mill Dam

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Worden Pond

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Pawcatuck River Origination

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Thank You For Your Support

Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association NOAA Restoration Center

January 24th 2010

Upper Pawcatuck River Fish Passage Restoration Project