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Mussachuck Creek Fishway at Echo Lake
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Mussachuck Creek Fishway at Echo Lake
Mussachuck Creek Fishway at Echo Lake
Alewife and blueback herring are small anadromous fish that are an important food source for many freshwater and marine fish, birds, reptiles and mammals. However, many stocks are in decline due to loss of spawning and nursery habitat. The Echo Lake project, in Bristol County Rhode Island, consists of design and construction of a pool and weir fishway along a portion of the Mussachuck Creek to allow fish access to Echo Lake, an approximately 30-acre impoundment with excellent potential river herring spawning habitat. The pool and weir fishway will be attached as an extension to the existing concrete sluice.
Mussachuck Creek Fishway at Echo Lake
Mussachuck Creek Fishway at Echo Lake
Restoration
Andy Lipsky of Save the Bay, RI staff assists with the clean-up ofMussachuck Creek.
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An aerial view of the restoration area shows where the fish ladder wasinstalled. The ladder was installed to increase spawning habitat for Alewives,Alosa pseudoharengus and Blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis.
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An aerial view of the Mussachuck Creek system indicates the areas of tidalrestriction.
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A view of Mussachuck Creek, the creek runs east to west. Echo Lake runs northof the creek.
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A site visit to the creek by restoration specialists.
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Save the Bay staff members clean the creek.
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