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Fish Ladder & Lift Elevates Local Learning & Critical Thinking

Community-based educational opportunity available for all ages as fish lifts and ladders showcase a broad species of fish and the environmental challenges they face. Critical thinking is an essential by-product as children view the efforts made to maintain a river’s natural flow at the Turners Falls Fish Ladder and the Robert E. Barrett Fishway in Holyoke.

Category: Community Based Education, Franklin County, Hampden County Tags: Anadromous Fish, Connecticut River, dams, Ecology, fishlift, Holyoke, hydroelectricity, hydropower, ichthyology, Rivers, Robert E. Barrett Fishway, Turners Falls Fish Ladder, waterways

The Ripple: The Future of Anadromous Fish in the Connecticut River

Connecticut River’s Anadromous Fish A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting both the Holyoke and Turners Falls’ anadromous fish recovery operations with a group of intrepid high schoolers (Anadromous fish are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean for most of their lives, and return to fresh water to spawn.). Holyoke has a fish elevator, which is somewhat unique, and Turners Falls has a fish ladder; both are… Read More