The view over Iron Gate Dam outside Hornbook, Calif., in February 2024. Photo by Alex Milan Tracy of Underscore News At a virtual press conference on Thursday, Oct. 9, Klamath River scientists ...

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.

The daunting question faced for years now by a small farming valley in Mendocino County is where it will turn to for irrigation water once the Lake County dam that impounds its main source, Lake ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A “false alarm” left residents shaken along the Clackamas River early Tuesday morning over fears that Rivermill Dam had malfunctioned. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. When someone at the ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Construction for Lynchburg’s College Lake Dam removal and stream restoration project is completed, the City of Lynchburg announced. The removal of the College Lake Dam was a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for proposed channel rehabilitation for the Chippewa River ...

Department of Public Works Director Catherine E. Laurent was joined by Mike Palmer, restoration ecologist for the Association to Preserve Cape Cod, at the Mashpee Historical Commission’s meeting last ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — Plans to revitalize the Columbia Dam are moving forward. The Maury County Commission recently voted to reaffirm its support for the project. Those in favor said the project ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River has led to a resurgence of salmon in their historic habitats, according to the California Department of Fish and ...

PORT ANGELES — Beavers are helping to restore the Elwha River. That’s one fact Dr. Anne Shaffer, Coastal Watershed Institute executive director and lead scientist, shared with the Port Angeles Kiwanis ...