Swimming the Ladder to Success

Swimming the Ladder to Success (HM1FWV)

Location: Hammonton, NJ 08037 Burlington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 38.604', W 74° 39.03'

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While the Batsto Dam provided power to a once prospering village, it halted the natural migration of spawning fish. The Batsto River Fishway Project provides a pathway over the dam. This project improves the aquatic ecosystem and provides increased recreational opportunities by allowing migratory fish access to historic spawning and foraging habitat.

Three Fishes Go Up the Ladder
The Batsto River is a diverse ecosystem that historically included migratory routes of alewife, blueback herring and American eel. Alewife and blueback herring are amadromous species, which migrate in the spring from the ocean and bays into freshwater rivers and lakes to spawn. American eel also migrate, but from the river to the sea to spawn (catadromous).

The fishway opens approximately 8 miles of habitat for these important prey species. Enabling these species to complete their historic spawning runs helps restore the natural food web, benefiting many predatory species.
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HM NumberHM1FWV
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Placed ByNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection & Division of Parks & Forestry
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Date Added Monday, September 1st, 2014 at 6:26pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 529987 N 4388237
Decimal Degrees39.64340000, -74.65050000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 38.604', W 74° 39.03'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 38' 36.24" N, 74° 39' 1.8" W
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Area Code(s)609
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2001 Batsto Village Rd, Hammonton NJ 08037, US
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