The ice dam currently impedes diadromous fish passage between salt and fresh water, contributing to the decline of the once highly productive salmon fisheries along with American shad, alewives, blueback herring, sea-run brook trout, American eel, sea lamprey, and striped bass.

DSF and our partner organizations are committed to an outcome that will protect Cherryfield from future flooding caused by ice dams while also protecting the Narraguagus River riparian corridors, replacing old culverts with fish-friendly ones, and placing large wood in select areas to create new salmon and brook trout habitat.