Dam removal is restoring free-flowing rivers, reviving ecosystems, improving fish habitat, and reshaping how America manages ...

There are 4,632 registered dams in Connecticut, believed to be the highest number of dams per 100 river miles of any state in ...

Matilija Dam, which blocks Matilija Creek before it connects with the North Fork, was constructed for water storage and flood control back in 1947 at the urging of Ojai farmers an ...

With more than 550,000 dams in the United States, free-flowing rivers are an endangered species. We’ve dammed, diked, and diverted almost every major river in the country, straightening curves, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SOUTH NATICK — For the first time in decades, the Charles River moves through South Natick unencumbered by a dam. Over the past ...

Elm Street project was also part of a broader sequence of restoration work on the Jones River. A previous obstacle, the ...

After years of effort, the Larkin Dam on the Parker River in Newbury has been removed, reconnecting more than a mile of upstream habitat for migratory fish, according to a community announcement.

I stood on the riverbank in Milltown, Indiana, with Allen Pursell of the Sam Shine Foundation. We watched young people fishing on either side of the low-head dam on Blue River. May 31 was National Dam ...

There are at least 140 dams in the Winooski River watershed, according to Michele Braun, executive director of the Friends of the Winooski River. Three of those dams help with flood control. Fifteen ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...