Moving across levels of government...

Joint focus across levels of government - in this case, Stamford, CT. The lesson? Aligned agendas do not mean that you have to agree on everything...

"The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), City of Stamford, US EPA Long Island Sound Study and the Mill River Collaborative today showcased work to restore the Mill River and allow for the return of important species of fish. A ceremony at Scalzi Park, (formerly known as Woodside Park), Stamford, featured the release of alewives into the Rippowam River (popularly known as the Mill River), where they will now be able to migrate upstream to breed and then move downstream to Long Island Sound as a result of the removal of old dams.

Removal of two dams by the City of Stamford with support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mill River Collaborative in 2009 began a comprehensive restoration project which currently has opened up 4.5 river miles to increase fish runs on the Rippowam River (Mill River). At the ceremony 400 alewives brought from Bride Brook at Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme, were released to help restore the river and rebuild river herring runs."