Lab family has been involved in pre-restoration monitoring in the Bushkill Creek since 2010 ever since we learned about the Natural Resource Damage Settlement which would fund both dam removals and freshwater mussel reintroduction. The litigation and planning process took well over a decade, but restoration is now underway. Dam 5 was removed in September 2021. Dams 1 and 3 were removed in summer 2023. Dam 2 was removed in June 2024, and we introduced two species of native freshwater mussels to newly reconnected portions of Bushkill Creek on June 27th, 2024. Below are photos of Lab Fam and Summer EXCEL student, Eurnett Christopher ’25, helping with mussel reintroduction and monitoring. The 4th dam is slated to be removed in summer 2025.