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wshedfred > The Great Egg Harbor Fishway Restoration Project was dedicated on May 23, 2006. A fish ladder to allow anadromous and catadromous fish passage 15 miles upstream of the dam that creates Lake Lenape has been built.
wshedfred > Lake Lenape in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, was created in 1849 with the completion of a 17ft high dam. The lake was used for water storage, mill and electric power, and ice harvesting.
wshedfred > The Great Egg Harbor River Fish Restoration Project provides passage for migratory fish at Lake Lenape Dam with access to 15 miles of spawning and foraging habitat. Fish species that will particularly benefit from this restoration project include American shad, alewife, blueback herring, white perch, American eel, and striped bass.
wshedfred > In 1992, 129 miles of the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries were designated as a "National Scenic and Recreational River" under the National Wild and Scenic River System by an act of the United States Congress.
wshedfred > The Great Egg Harbor River is important for anadromous and catadromous fish, migratory birds, and other riparian wildlife. Wildlife that will directly benefit from fish passage include Osprey, Bald Eagle, Great Blue Heron, and a variety of other piscivorous birds.
wshedfred > The dam is co-owned by Atlantic County and Hamilton Township. "Improving migratory fish access into Lake Lenape and the headwaters of the Great Egg Harbor River will enhance the riverine ecosystem, recreational fishing and promote tourism," stated County Executive Dennis Levinson.
wshedfred > The fish restoration project was initiated in the spring of 1998 with the intention of providing fish passage throughout the Great Egg Harbor River drainage. Two years later the project received the go-ahead to proceed from Atlantic County and Hamilton Township. The project was completed in May 2006 at a cost of $500,000.
wshedfred > US Fish and Wildlife aerial photograph of the Lake Lenape Dam before construction of the fish ladder. The fish passage was routed up through an old ice chute next to the power generation spillway and powerhouse to the left of the dam.
wshedfred > The completed fish ladder. Water flows from the lake into the ice passage behind the powerhouse, along right next to the powerhouse, turns 90 degrees to the left and runs parallel to the levi, turns alost 90 degrees to the left again heading back towards the lake and the dam, and then flows through a 180 degree concrete entrance structure and comes out parallel with the water flow from the dam.
The Great Egg Harbor Fishway Restoration Project was dedicated on May 23, 2006. A fish ladder to allow anadromous and catadromous fish passage 15 miles upstream of the dam that creates Lake Lenape has been built.
> The Great Egg Harbor Fishway Restoration Project was dedicated on May 23, 2006. A fish ladder to allow anadromous and catadromous fish passage 15 miles upstream of the dam that creates Lake Lenape has been built.
The Great Egg Harbor Fishway Restoration Project was dedicated on May 23, 2006. A fish ladder to allow anadromous and catadromous fish passage 15 miles upstream of the dam that creates Lake Lenape has been built.
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