The continent has a growing movement to remove old and unnecessary dams to improve river health and save species. It comes as ...

Dam removal projects across the United States are gaining support in order to boost aquatic animal populations, improve biodiversity, and restore natural features to their previous state. One such ...

Dams disrupt sediment and hydrologic connectivity, fragmenting river ecosystems and altering geomorphic and ecological processes. In response, dam removals have increased to restore longitudinal ...

Swansea voters will have the chance to approve a study and $49,500 federal grant match at the Oct. 27 Special Town Meeting. The study, if funded, will provide insights into potentially removing the ...

Aurora will likely stay part of a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers looking at the impact of removing its downtown dams. The state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers previously recommended ...

Black Bear Hydro was denied its last water quality certification in 2020, though its dams continue to operate on a temporary license.

Brooke Rollins’s latest culture war crusade threatens a delicate compromise between Potter Valley farmers and nearby tribes.

After decades of efforts to remove dams on the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border, the project was completed last year. It was the largest dam removal project in U.S. history and, as the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Explosions roared through the canyons lining the Klamath River earlier this year, ...

A view of the East Elm Street Dam on the Royal River in Yarmouth. Credit: Emmett Gartner / The Maine Monitor The Yarmouth Town Council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the ...