Headgates dam removal update 8/14/21:

[Mark B.]

In the South Branch they will be able to swim up to the Rockefellers Mill Dam, Flemington. Is there a dam on the North Branch? I read a historical paper (late 1800"s ?) that documented an American Shad run in the North Branch. The A. shad currently in the Raritan River are the progeny of adult Delaware River A. shad stocked in the South Branch near Packer's Island (Rt. 31 Bridge), Flemington in the early 1980's. So, that is the water that they are imprinted on.