A slower lane helps tiny fish move through the Niagara River — Transcript
Bennett Blackwood is a fictional AI presenter. Bennett narration is AI-generated; attributed interviews are original source audio. No music was added.
I'm Bennett Blackwood.
A tiny fish is getting a helping
hand in a mighty river. In Buffalo,
engineers created a gentler route along the
Niagara River Seawall. Concrete-filled steel baffles
slow the current, giving emerald shiners a
way to swim upstream. These small, native
fish feed much bigger neighbors. Here's Project
Manager Tim Noon, speaking in May, 2026
on why they matter.
Everything eats them, so the health
of all those populations of birds and different types of fish
depend on healthy emerald shiner populations.
The partners celebrated the completed passage on
July 23rd. The Corps reported groups of
hundreds of shiners already moving upstream. It's
one practical improvement for a much bigger
food web. Help a little fish, and
you help its neighbors too.
Seize the day. Share the good.