American Rivers

Outdated dams can pose serious public safety risks.

📹 From the banks of French Creek in Saegertown, Pennsylvania, our Director of Mid-Atlantic River Restoration, Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, shares why American Rivers is working with local partners and dam safety officials to remove the remaining Saegertown Dam — an obsolete dam that has become hazardous for paddlers on the Pennsylvania Water Trail.

Stay tuned for updates as we continue working toward a safer, healthier French Creek!

📹 Our Director of Mid-Atlantic River Restoration, Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, shares how removing an obsolete dam on Pennsylvania's Cussewago Creek restored a free-flowing river, improved safety for paddlers and anglers, and reconnected habitat for fish and freshwater mussels.

Working alongside our partners at French Creek Valley Conservancy, this long-awaited project helped one of the Ohio River Basin's most biodiverse watersheds thrive once again.