Press Release: Proposal to build new dam threatens recovery of Nissequogue River and Lands it #7 on America’s Most Endangered Rivers List of 2026
American Rivers is today naming the Nissequogue River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2026, due to the recently approved proposal to build a new dam without a comprehensive environmental impact statement. The unexpected breach of Stump Pond Dam in 2024 restored an important stretch of the Nissequogue, reconnecting habitat, allowing the floodplain to function […]
