For centuries, dams have disrupted the natural flow of the Brandywine River and created barriers in migratory routes for fish, like the American shad, preventing them from swimming upriver to complete their life cycle.
Brandywine River Restoration Trust, a river advocacy group, is leading a multi-year effort to restore fish passage past 11 dams on the Delaware portion of the Brandywine, which runs about 20 miles through southeast Pennsylvania and western Delaware.
The group is implementing solutions, such as fish ladders, rock ramps and dam removals, on an as-needed basis…