[Excerpts from Dec. 22nd USACE St. Paul District Press Release]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the city of Fargo, N.D., completed the building of a rock slope fishway at the Fargo South Dam on the Red River early last week.

The fishway is part of the Fargo South Dam Fishway Project. An additional portion of this project, to be completed next spring, includes building a portage trail and canoe ramp and relocating an existing emergency boat ramp.

The intent of building the fishway was to reduce water velocities, facilitate fish migration, create habitat for fish and other aquatic organisms and improve downstream water quality on the Red River. It involved placing rock fill and boulders to simulate a natural rapids.

The project also eliminates the dangerous hydraulic conditions downstream of the dam that could trap and drown people. When the remaining ramps and portage are completed, the project will provide much safer recreational opportunities for canoeists on the river.

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