The members of the Fish Passage Workgroup are dedicated to the restoration of creek, stream and river habitats in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Dams and other obstructions block the natural migration of fish to their historic spawning habitats. By removing physical obstacles, key species like American shad and herring are able to return to their spawning grounds, as well as increasing available habitat for resident fish. The Workgroup promotes projects involving the removal of dams or the creation of fishways when dam removal is not feasible. Whenever possible, projects are integrated with local watershed management or restoration plans. To date, the Fish Passage Workgroup has worked to open over 2,000 miles of streams and rivers for the passage of fish in the Bay watershed.

David Sutherland - Chair, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Krystal Freeman - Staff, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Mary Andrews - NOAA
Mark Bryer - The Nature Conservancy (MD)
Nancy Butowski - MD Dept of Natural Resources
Denise Clearwater - MD Department of the Environment
Jim Cummins - Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Joseph DaVia - US Army Corps of Engineers
Sara Deuling - American Rivers
Mike Fritz - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mike Hendricks - PA Fish and Boat Commission
David Kristine - PA Fish and Boat Commission
Stephanie Lindloff - American Rivers
Serena McClain - American Rivers
Brent McCloskey - MD DNR
Steven Minkkinen - US FWS
John Nichols - NOAA
Richard Quinn - US FWS
Mark Secrist - US FWS
Jon Siemien - DC Dept of Health-Fisheries & Wildlife
Albert Spells - US FWS
Julie Thompson - US FWS
Alan Weaver - Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries
Howard Weinberg - University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science