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Brandywine River Restoration Trust is dedicated to the restoration of the historic Brandywine River and enabling the migration of American Shad and providing equitable opportunity for environmental education and recreation.
Update on deconstruction of DuPont Experimental Station Dam. (Dam 6): Shaved off another foot from the crown reducing flow on river left apron ... See MoreSee Less
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Which dam is this?
First of many pictures documenting the deconstruction of DAM 6, aka the DuPont Experimental Station Dam. Environmental Quality Resources is removing 12 inches off the top of the crest, preserving 25 feet on each side. Stay tuned for more updates! ... See MoreSee Less
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Is this north or south of the Alapocas falls?
You can get better photos if you walk out on the low head part of dam
Do any of these dams serve any current commercial or environmental purpose?
Excited to announce a major milestone in the decades long journey to restore the beautiful, historic Brandwine River and enable the migration of American Shad for the first time in 300 years:
The removal of Dam 6 is underway! 
Special thanks to all those who helped to make it happen: founding members Brandywine Conservancy, Hagley Museum and Library, University of Delaware Water Resources Center for your vision ; Delaware DNREC and Delaware DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife for your guidance; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District and the many other regulators for keeping us on track; the City, County, State and legislators who paved the way and the too many to name nonprofits for your support and making ShadFest the largest environmental festival in the state. But most of all, to the people City of Wilmington, Delaware who have supported the restoration of our beautiful river from the very beginning. And those who encouraged us to do so much to honor and preserve the history of these dams.
Stay tuned for frequent updates for the rest of the summer!
Friends and Partners:
Brandywine Red Clay Alliance
Brandywine Zoo
Brandywine Creek State Park
Delaware Sierra Club
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
The Nature Conservancy
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region
Delaware Sea Grant
Delaware Nature Society
Stroud Water Research Center
Upstream Alliance
Alapocas Run and Wilmington State Parks
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VIDEO | Migrating fish returning to the Brandywine, with dam partial removal underway
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Nature, civilization, and history, all front and center, as a dam on Brandywine Creek, co-owned by DuPont and the City of Wilmington, is being partially removed.14 CommentsComment on Facebook
According to the book "The Brandywine" the native people of this area were friendly with the settlers, guiding them upriver, showing them the best places to hunt and fish and grow food. An agreement they made was that they'd always be able to fish the Brandywine. All the dams blocked the fish from going upriver. The native peoples went to court and of course they lost. Re-opening the river to allow the fish to again travel upstream to spawn is long, long overdue.
I was the PM/CM for the removal of dam #1. The removal of the dam itself was easy. Relocating the two water mains that were encased in dam #1 posed the biggest challenge with all of the blue granite in that area! Glad to see the dam gone. Tiger muskies are all over the place from Market Street Bridge to the former dam.
Saw a school under 95 bridge
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Thursday's rain will cause the Brandywine to rise several feet today, peaking at 8am on Friday morning. Be careful out there! ... See MoreSee Less
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Great news! Professor Ed Hale, of the University of Delaware Delaware Sea Grant detected an American Shad in the Brandywine River that was tagged over two years ago as part of a Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund grant examining fish passage as a function of dam removals. Professor Hale says " Pretty incredible that a fish we tagged two years ago, returned to the Brandywine!” ... See MoreSee Less
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Good advice from American Rivers.  the low head dams on the Brandywine river are much more dangerous than they look. ... See MoreSee Less
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Want to help improve the environment Here’s something you can do that’s fun and impactful. Check it out Shaddies! ... See MoreSee Less
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Watch the amazing transformation of hundreds of acres back to their natural state after the $400 million removal of the Klamath dams in Oregon. ... See MoreSee Less
Watch: Klamath River reemerges after the removal of four dams
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OPB video captures four Klamath River dam sites and Copco Lake reservoir before and after a $500 million removal operation.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!!!
In the last seven days, we have seen deadly flash floods in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Carolina. And we all know the harm that a flash flood can inflict on the people of City of Wilmington, Delaware and everyone along the banks of the Brandywine river. ... See MoreSee Less
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Delaware Sea Grant has published a multi-year study demonstrating the importance of the newly opened portion of the Brandywine River (above the old West Street dam) for enabling spawning of American Shad.
Acoustic tags were insterted in the shad that enabled tracking their location not only in the Brandywine, but in the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean. One of the shad even swam to Nova Scotia and back to the Brandywine, a journey of over 2,000 miles! Click below for the full study which is also on the BRRT website in our e-Library (brrt.org/library)
Special thanks to the White Clay Fly Fishers who caught the shad for the researchers and Delaware DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife for helping to insert the tags.
brrt.org/wp-content/uploads/Shad-Study.pdf ... See MoreSee Less
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Wow! Great results!!!
We don’t need to take out dams so Shad migrate up the Brandywine for the first time in 300 years…. but when we do, it’s gonna be fun! Stand by for upcoming announcement! www.facebook.com/share/r/16dPoGk1VP/?mibextid=wwXIfr ... See MoreSee Less
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REMINDER: This year's ShadFest is Canceled!
Thank you so much Delaware Online for the wonderful article about ShadFest. While we're disappointed that festival will not take place this year due to ongoing I-95 construction, we're already planning for its return next year- better than ever!
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Popular festival in Wilmington canceled days ahead of event. Organizers cite safety concerns
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ShadFest, Delaware's largest environmental festival was canceled less than a week before the event. Organizers explain why.0 CommentsComment on Facebook