The Mystic River Watershed Association held a River Herring Open House on May 22, inviting visitors to watch herring swimming up the fish ladder (usually locked to the public) at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam at 481 Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upsteam migration.

Photos copyright 2019 Greg Cook and Kari Percival.


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Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Watching herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Watching herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring in Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Kari Percival)
Herring in Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Kari Percival)
Watching herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Watching herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring in Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Kari Percival)
Herring in Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Kari Percival)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
American eel caught at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
American eel caught at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
American eel caught at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
American eel caught at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)
Herring swim up the fish ladder at the Upper Mystic Lake Dam in Medford as part of the fish’s annual upstream migration, May 22, 2019. (Greg Cook)

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