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Stony Brook Restoration - Herring at Opened Dam

Picture by: NOAA Restoration Center Picture taken on: May 2nd, 2011

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April 25, 2011 - Eric Schwaab, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries, joined officials from the town of Brewster, Mass., and other partners today on the shores of Cape Cod's Stony Brook to celebrate the completion of a American Reinvestment and Recovery Act project that restored natural tidal flow to 20 acres of salt marsh and opened passage for fish to nearly 400 acres of ponds for spawning.

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