The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced a $2 million project to improve the water quality and biodiversity of one of the state’s creeks by removing a defunct dam.
Demolishing the 200-foot-wide dam will reconnect 86 miles of Cloverlick Creek, which flows 14 miles into William H. Harsha Lake in East Fork State Park and drains 42 square miles of watershed. It also serves as a major tributary in the Clermont County section of the East Fork Little Miami River watershed.
According to a press release from ODNR , the low-head dam has degraded stream habitat, reduced the abundance of fish species, and disrupted its hydrology…