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For Eels And Alewives, A New Fish Passage On Riverside's Little River

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Southampton Town Councilman John Bouvier and Valerie Virgona of the Peconic Estuary Partnership at the dam site in Riverside. KITTY MERRILL

Southampton Town Councilman John Bouvier and Valerie Virgona of the Peconic Estuary Partnership at the dam site in Riverside. KITTY MERRILL

Construction has begun at Woodhull Dam in Little River in Riverside. KITTY MERRILL

Construction has begun at Woodhull Dam in Little River in Riverside. KITTY MERRILL

Southampton Town Councilman John Bouvier at the Woodhull Dam project in Riverside.

Southampton Town Councilman John Bouvier at the Woodhull Dam project in Riverside.

Little River. KITTY MERRILL

Little River. KITTY MERRILL

Kitty Merrill on Jan 19, 2022
“There’s gonna be some happy fish,” Southampton Town Councilman John Bouvier quipped, standing at the Woodhull Dam construction site in Riverside. Happy herring and eels, to be precise. Accompanied by... more

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