Record Numbers of American Eels Counted Upstream of Site of Bloede Dam in Maryland Four Years After Its Removal

Excerpt:  “The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has documented record numbers of juvenile American eel using the eel-passage structure at the Daniels Dam on the Patapsco River this year — an estimated 36,500. In 2018, the total was just 36. Later that year, the Bloede Dam, the only downstream barrier on the Patapsco River preventing American eel from making their way to Daniels, was removed with support from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013.”

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