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Shadget lift on trip up Chesapeake rivers aiding shad revival
Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania and Washington DC officials and power companies move to remove hundreds of small dams and build fish ladders to restore American shad migration from Chesapeake Bay to upstate New York. Projects include a $1.5 million ladder at Little Falls Dam and new ladders on the Susquehanna, James, and Potomac rivers, amid silt and toxin testing concerns.
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