Vermont Gets First Connecticut River Shad Signs...
Volunteer Noah Wein posting a shad sign on the Connecticut River in Dummerston, VT.
The Vermont chapter of NFC worked with Connecticut River Conservancy, Vermont Fish & Wildlife, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to develop informational signs pertaining to American shad in the Connecticut River watershed.
Anadromous American shad spend most of their lives in saltwater but enter freshwater in the spring to spawn. They can be found as far upstream in the Connecticut River as far up as Bellows Falls, 30 miles north of the Massachusetts border.
Due to declining numbers, American Shad have been designated a “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” in Vermont, as well as Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Vermont and New Hampshire have imposed catch-and-release regulations on shad in the Connecticut River to protect them.
Special thanks to VT NFC board member David Wein, CRC Director of Restoration Ron Rhodes, and volunteer Noah Wein, son of David, for making this project happen.
