https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQiaT1KcPo
This is the video from the talk on 11/7/2019 about the removal of dams. I found it interesting to see the affect on the communities and how their views quickly change after seeing the river return to its natural state. Specifically lots of fishermen seem happy about returning fish.
I found it interesting when I found out that some fish can travel upstream in a way of water steps. A few years ago Easton was given 1.4 million dollars in seeking to improve the new fish elevator. Still, fish find it hard to maneuver up the rapids because the fish are traumatized by the warmer water and the faster unfamiliar rapids which affect their reproducing.
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While walking through downtown Easton last week, I took this picture of the Easton Dam. It is where the Lehigh River meets the Delaware. In 2017, some people wanted to remove the dam to make the area of downtown Easton an area for white water rafting, fishing, and other recreational activities. Being from New Jersey, it is interesting to me that a lot of the water we get there comes from the Delaware.
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