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The Other Side of the World's Largest Dam Removal | Hakai Magazine

Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?

Map of U.S. Dams Removed Since 1912 - - American Rivers

While dams can benefit society, they also cause considerable harm to rivers. Dams have depleted fisheries, degraded river ecosystems, ...

Dam Removal - Association of State Dam Safety Officials

Considerations for Removal - Costs · Dam's composition – concrete, masonry, timber, earthen · Dam's material condition · Dam's size – height, length · Good or ...

Salmon return to historic habitat after largest dam removal project in ...

Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut ...

Dam Removals | NOAA Fisheries

As Dam Removals Move Forward, NOAA Explores Next Steps for Habitat Restoration in Klamath Watershed. NOAA and partners have released a plan for restoring ...

Why are we removing dams? | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

We at the US Fish and Wildlife Service are dedicated to removing those dams that are unsafe, negatively impact the environment and serve no modern-day purpose.

Dam Removal - Resource Environmental Solutions

A “remove and restore” approach is possible, with straightforward ecologically sound deconstruction and river restoration techniques.

Dam removal makes me uneasy : r/Washington - Reddit

Removing the dams would cut renewable electricity, reduce water access, cost an insane amount of money, release silt and take decades, just for ...

Restoring Damaged Rivers - - American Rivers

Few things have such a fundamental impact on a river as a dam or culvert. River restoration brings rivers back to life by removing dams, replacing culverts, ...

World's Biggest Dam Removal Project to Open 420 Miles of Salmon ...

With the dams on the lower Klamath scheduled for complete removal by September, salmon will reenter 420 miles of habitat for the first time ...

Dam Removal Information Portal (DRIP) - USGS Science Data Catalog

A tool to explore trends about dam removal science and query scientific studies that evaluate environmental response to dam removals.

Dam Removal Europe Map

All the removed barriers are shown on the interactive map below. Data are color-coded based on the year of the removal and the information provided per case ...

Dam removal - Riverkeeper

The removal of obsolete dams is transformative for both people and the ecosystem, restoring miles of critical spawning habitat for iconic Hudson River fish ...

The Effects of Keeping and Removing Dams

A fairly thorough discussion of the effects of dams on river environments, and the efforts to and effects of removing them.

Dam removal - Wikipedia

Dam removal ... Dam removal is the process of demolishing a dam, returning water flow to the river. Arguments for dam removal consider whether their negative ...

Dam Removal Europe: Home

Many dams in European rivers are old, abandoned and out of use. Together we can locate and remove them. Do you want to remove a dam? We can help!

Status and trends of dam removal research in the United States

Aging infrastructure coupled with growing interest in river restoration has driven a dramatic increase in the practice of dam removal.

Klamath River dams fully removed ahead of schedule

The largest river restoration project in American history has officially completed all of the work to remove the dams, a massive infrastructure project that ...

More dams being removed across the country = more fish habitat

Here's an article on how dam removal is increasing in the USA after passage of the bipartisan $1T infrastructure bill in 2021.

Dam removal - Chicago Fishing Forum

Fox River to flow freely through Carpentersville with dam removal. The Fox River will soon flow freely from Algonquin to Elgin. Crews will begin ...