Ten Mile River Aquatic Habitat Restoration of Anadromous Fish Run in East Providence, Rhode Island

The Ten Mile River restoration project restores diadromous fish migration to the lower part of the Ten Mile River in East Providence, RI. This project’s main goal is to provide fish passage over the first three downstream dams on the river: Omega Pond Dam, Hunts Mill Dam and Turner Reservoir Dam. Fish passage facilities were constructed at these dams to provide upstream migration of adult blueback herring, alewife, and American shad to historic spawning areas. The project restored these anadromous fish populations, providing alewife access to about 340 acres of spawning habitat and 3 miles of riparian spawning habitat for blueback herring and American shad.