Waterfalls, culverts, storm water outfalls, and inlets
[The fragmentation...], and as human development has progressed across the Bronx river, historic fish migration routes have been severed.[1] [According.... at the beginning of the 18th century...]
Several identified blockages, according to a 2004 NYC Parks report, include the 182nd Street Dam, the Bronx Zoo Dam, the Snuff Mill Dam, and the Westchester dams. As a result of these long term blockages, NYC parks did not expect fish to return to these migration routes, requiring the release of fish in historical spawning areas after fish passage remediation.[2]
In 2011, New York City parks began the process of adding a 1.5 million passage to Bronx Park, which is adjacent to the Bronx River.[3] The project, including dam repair in addition to construction of the fish ladder, was slated to be one of three fish ladders that were to be installed across the Bronx River.[4]
[Restoration programs...]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
fragmentation
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Phase 1 Final Report Fish Passage Needs and Feasibility Assessment" (PDF). March 2004.
- ^ "Bronx Park Anadromous Fish Passage Reconstruction". Retrieved 2024-07-22.
- ^ "Final Report on Fish Passage Construction at the East 182nd Street Dam, Bronx River" (PDF). January 2015. Retrieved 2024-07-22.