An email from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife on Oct. 24:

American Shad are migrating and spawning in the Millstone River for the first time in 173 years, after removal of the waterway’s Weston Mill Dam in Manville. 

Until its removal in summer 2017, the dam blocked the migration of shad and other migratory fish.

The dam's removal marks an important step in the restoration of the Millstone River and the larger Raritan River Basin.

DEP News Release
More On the Millstone River Fishery

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