Exelon Corp. has pledged in a deal announced Monday to work to enhance spawning fish passage at Conowingo Dam over the next 50 years, seeking to revive the Susquehanna River’s meager stocks of American shad […]
People have been building dams across the Susquehanna River — originally for canals and later for hydropower — for nearly two centuries. For nearly as long, they’ve been debating the best way to get migratory […]
The Conowingo Dam is a hugely popular outdoors destination. Birders flock to the enormous structure that spans the Susquehanna River to watch eagles, herons and a pair of peregrine falcons. Anglers crowd along Fishermen’s Park
The federal agency responsible for licensing the Conowingo Dam stated that major new investments are needed at the facility to help fish get up the Susquehanna River, but expressed skepticism that dam owners should be […]
American shad showed up in Virginia tributaries in their strongest numbers in years this spring, but their struggles on the Susquehanna River continued as biologists reported the lowest-ever shad count at the Conowingo Dam. In […]
Surveys conducted late last year suggest that zebra mussels continued to expand their foothold in the lower Susquehanna River, highlighting the need for boaters to be careful not to spread the invaders. The bivalves were […]
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