#river-restoration

#river-restoration

The Bronx River was once heavily altered by industrial activity and has been the subject of significant restoration efforts to improve its ecological health and connectivity. One major project is the construction of a fish passage at the East 182nd Street Dam, which aims to improve aquatic species migration and enhance the ecological functioning of the river. By facilitating the movement of fish that had previously been blocked by the dam, this project would promote a healthier aquatic ecosystem.

Poet Robert Macfarlane savored the resilience of nature in a time when many think it cannot be restored. He pointed out that salmon appeared on the Klamath River only days after the removal of several dams were completed, writing in The New York Times: "Rivers are easily wounded, but given a chance, they revive with remarkable speed. Lazarus-like, their life pours back."