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The large increase in population in 2015 is the direct result of expanded breeding habitat created by the fish ladder installed in 2012 at Mystic Lakes Dam. Video monitoring data is shown for 2020, when COVID restrictions prevented in-person counts. Short lines on the bars indicate 95% confidence interval, or margin of error. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/6562591b-5705-4daa-9863-ca1e35543ed5/Keith_Ellenbogen_River_Herring_Horn_Pond_20210307.jpg Blog - Local Actions Matter: 2025 Herring Numbers Reach New Heights - Make it stand out Many herring make it to the bottom of Scalley Dam and can’t get into Horn Pond. 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This year, three times the number of herring were able to enter Horn Pond compared to 2023. Herring currently use the rocky Scalley Dam spillway to make their way into Horn Pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/2e544a21-4f37-407d-961f-e9206824c486/Horn+Pond+Drone+View_Tyler+Hilliard.png Blog - Mystic River Herring Run is the Largest in the State for 2024 - Make it stand out An overhead view of Scalley Dam at Horn Pond with the rocky spillway on the left. 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The Cormorants arrive at Upper Mystic Lake with the herring around mid-April and stay in large numbers (often more than 100 at a time) until mid-June. Photo Credit: Joe Brown | https://www.joebrownphotos.com/ https://www.mysticherring.org/blog/2019/1/14/guest-blog-celebrating-citizen-science monthly 0.5 2021-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/1547482672849-1NH07SFHAT1VY7XNCE6I/mystic-river2-768x576.jpg Blog - Guest Blog: Celebrating Citizen Science A view of the dam between the Upper and Lower Mystic Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/1547482729382-V3OYO5UKT9RW6MNT789U/mystic-river-6.jpg Blog - Guest Blog: Celebrating Citizen Science A view of the fish ladder from the inside. The incremental steps allow fish to travel through what would otherwise be too steep an incline. 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LEARN MORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/1588263998308-ZTZZC1ASVFGEA4Y66D4A/DMussina_Meghna+Gathering+Eels2.jpg For Students - SCIENTISTS are interested in studying river herring in the Mystic. To do this, they need help. You can be a community scientist and count fish on video as they come through a fish ladder at Mystic Lakes. 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The decline in 2020 probably reflects lower reproductive success in the severe drought conditions of 2016. Read more about the latest numbers here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/1588165420318-VFM03D2E13MKV15Q3L9E/Fish+ladder+David+Mussina.jpg About | River Herring - Fish ladder at Mystic Lakes. PC: David. Mussina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58cbface1e5b6c11cc89c517/1588165517935-CBF728LRMFCOJQXIYCR8/Center+falls.jpeg About | River Herring - Fish ladder in Center Fall Dam. 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