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Dam Removal Opens Potomac River Section To Fish

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) ― Fish will be free to spawn in a five-mile section of the Potomac River after Tueday's removal of a rock dam in the river's North Branch near Cumberland.

The work will demolish a structure ten feet high and 220 feet wide that once impounded water used by a PPG plate-glass factory that closed in 1992.

Organizers say some of the material from the dam will be used to form six underwater rock clusters to improve the fish habitat.

Participants in the project include the conservation group American Rivers, the Allegany Soil Conservation District, the
Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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