American Shad Return to the New Jersey Musconetcong River

  After an absence of at least a century, American shad have returned to the Musconetcong River in Hunterdon and Warren counties, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced. The confirmation of American shad in the Musconetcong River marks a significant milestone in the effort to restore this fish in the Delaware River Basin, said Eric Schrading, Supervisor of the New Jersey Field Office for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. As the shad population continues to rebuild, anglers are reminded that... READ MORE