Almost a quarter of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction. The removal of human-made barriers from rivers, ...

The barriers have attracted concerns over disruption to ecosystems – but dismantling them can create new problems ...

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

For about 200 years the Ashland Mill Dam, about a half-hour north of Richmond, blocked many fish from moving through the ...

Europe removed a record 603 dams and barriers across 21 countries in 2025, reconnecting thousands of kilometers of rivers — ...

Maine's Penobscot River flows freely where the Veazie Dam once stood. Dam removals have reopened the river to 12 native fish species. Gregory Rec/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images Across ...

HORNBROOK, Calif. — The Iron Gate Dam, one of four dams on the Klamath River, will be removed in 2023. It will be the largest dam removal in U.S. history. For Pachomio Feliz, the waters of the Klamath ...

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 ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to remove the Roberts Lake Dam in Cheboygan County in August and replace ...

I stood on the riverbank in Milltown, Indiana, with Allen Pursell of the Sam Shine Foundation. We watched young people ...

A letter from Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, lays out the Trump administration's case for keeping the aging dams, ...