Project partners launch removal of Columbia Lake Dam …

The DEP, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and other groups, is spearheading the removal of the Columbia Lake Dam in Warren County. The project will open some 10 miles of the Paulins Kill for migratory fish species, in particular American shad and American eel, while enhancing the public’s recreational enjoyment of the river. Commissioner McCabe on July 12 joined project partners to officially launch the $7 million removal of the dam, built in 1909 to generate hydropower. The project is part of a broader effort to restore rivers in New Jersey to a free-flowing state by removing obsolete dams. Read more.