Husbands and Wives for Alewives
In Massachusetts, river herring have won a group of human protectors who see them as a critical link in the aquatic food chain. Members of Alewives Anonymous spend their free time clearing the way for the herrings’ return from the ocean to their native streams for spawning. Nancy Cohen reports.
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