▁American ▁sh ad ▁( Al osa ▁sap id iss ima ). ▁The ▁Cher ry ▁Hospital ▁Dam ▁was ▁also ▁removed , ▁which ▁restored ▁another ▁ ▁of ▁streams ▁for ▁use ▁by ▁an ad rom ous ▁fish ▁in ▁Little ▁River , ▁a ▁Ne use ▁trib ut ary . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁study ▁American ▁sh ad ▁were ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁transmit ters ▁so ▁their ▁movement ▁could ▁be ▁observed . ▁Of ▁ 1 1 ▁American ▁sh ad ▁whose ▁transmit ters ▁provided ▁useful ▁data , ▁ 9 ▁migr ated ▁up stream ▁past ▁the ▁former ▁dam ▁site , ▁but ▁all ▁halt ed ▁within ▁ 1 6 ▁river ▁kilom eters ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁dam , ▁long ▁before ▁reaching ▁the ▁next ▁obst acle . ▁However , ▁a ▁comparison ▁of ▁data ▁collected ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 – 0 4 ▁show ▁that ▁American ▁sh ad , ▁h ick ory ▁sh ad ▁and ▁strip ed ▁bass ▁sp aw ning ▁distribution ▁expanded ▁consider ably ▁after ▁the ▁dam ▁was ▁removed . ▁ ▁Ash ▁bas ins ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁four ▁coal - ash ▁bas ins ▁at ▁the ▁H . F . ▁Lee ▁Ste am ▁Plant . ▁An ▁active ▁ash ▁p ond ▁en closed ▁in ▁a ▁dy ke ▁lies ▁opposite ▁Qu aker ▁Ne ck ▁Lake ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁river . ▁There ▁are ▁three ▁in active ▁ash ▁bas ins ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁further ▁up stream . ▁These ▁are ▁for ested , ▁do ▁not ▁imp ound ▁water ▁and ▁are ▁normally