The Patriot Ledger

Pembroke's annual herring run on stream to set record as fish count soars in recent years

PEMBROKE – On a Wednesday morning, Samantha Dempsey and her three children arrived at the Pembroke Historical Herring Run Park by 9 a.m. for their sixth visit this spring. Mikey, 5, ran ahead of his ...
The Providence Journal

'Ghost fish': Herring want to return to the Blackstone River. Why bringing them back isn't easy.

River herring are absent from the Blackstone River due to dams and past pollution. A plan exists to allow fish passage around the first four dams on the lower Blackstone River to Lonsdale Marsh.
The Providence Journal

How the Blackstone lost its river herring – and the plan to bring them back

Nineteen of the 40 dams that once powered more than 200 mills along the Blackstone River remain. Colonists were astounded by the unbelievable numbers of fish they witnessed during the spring migration ...
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Pembroke's annual herring run on stream to set record as fish count soars in recent years

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEMBROKE – On a Wednesday morning, Samantha Dempsey and her three children arrived at the Pembroke Historical Herring Run Park by ...