{"id":887396,"date":"2026-10-19T05:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887396\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T05:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:52:26","slug":"dam-slam-and-fish-parade-advocates-for-french-broad-river-dam-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/887396\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam Slam and Fish Parade advocates for French Broad River dam removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS)  \u2014 Did you know there are more than 35 native fish species missing or blocked from parts of the French Broad River due to historical dams?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100068909244184\/posts\/dam-slam-over-35-fish-species-are-missing-from-the-upper-french-broad-because-of\/1436132815360346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dam Slam and Fish Parade<\/a> in Asheville highlighted that tidbit from<a href=\"https:\/\/conservingcarolina.org\/fish-species-making-a-return-to-the-upper-french-broad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Conserving Carolina<\/a> and raised awareness about the benefits of removing dams from the French Broad River.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/2-freshwater-species-discovered-upstream-after-helene-washed-out-lake-craig-dam-swannanoa-river-hurricane-tropical-storm-smallmouth-bass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 FISH SPECIES FOUND UPSTREAM FROM HELENE-WASHED-OUT DAM FOR 1ST TIME IN OVER A CENTURY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"OCT. 17, 2026 - Moments from an Asheville event raising awareness about the benefits of removing dams from the French Broad River. (Photo credit: WLOS Staff)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/c6750450-dc4d-4f5c-a7c4-a297f2a0eea3-IMG_0573.movframe87.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OCT. 17, 2026 &#8211; Moments from an Asheville event raising awareness about the benefits of removing dams from the French Broad River. (Photo credit: WLOS Staff)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/unc-asheville-removes-art-exhibit-south-campus-woods-citing-safety-concerns-university-batland-artist-liability-protest-urban-forest-community-nature-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UNC ASHEVILLE REMOVES ART EXHIBIT FROM SOUTH CAMPUS WOODS, CITING SAFETY CONCERNS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were fish-themed music and crafts.<\/p>\n<p>Local artist Spencer Beals organized the art project. He&#8217;s also taking part in the effort <a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/unc-university-north-carolina-asheville-students-community-members-rally-protest-forest-development-plans-south-campus-developers-walkout-trails-batland-artists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">striving to save the 45-acre urban forest<\/a> on University North Carolina Asheville&#8217;s South Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Did you know there are more than 35 native fish species missing or blocked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-887396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}