HOLYOKE — As the American shad migration upstream comes to a close, the numbers of fish passing over the Holyoke dam this year has been encouraging to fish biologist and those from who operate ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Robert E. Barrett Fishway at the Holyoke Dam is open to the public after being closed for upgrades. The Robert E. Barrett Fishway allows migrating fish to make it ...

A rendering of the South Holyoke Homes 40-unit complex that would come with Phase III of the project, as shown at a Holyoke Planning Board meeting in mid-August, 2024.

Records from the Holyoke Dam show that 2,310 sea lampreys have passed through the fish lifts so far this year. Adult sea lampreys can be found in the Connecticut River during May and June.