Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Better stream crossings make for safer roads during storms
December 12, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal, Floods & FloodplainsHere in the Northeast we saw a lot of damage to roads and streams from Hurricane Irene in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York. In many places, road-stream crossings such as bridges and culverts were over topped and washed out, leaving large gaps in our road maps, some of which are still being repaired months later.
Read more »Desperate Alewives
Amy Singler, Associate Director, River Restoration Program
November 4, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal
The new TV program from Maine Public Broadcasting Network, "Desperate Alewives," documents the importance and decline of the once abundant alewives in Maine. American Rivers is funding projects to restore alewife populations through our Rivergrants; new applications are due December 9th.
Read more »The Anatomy of a Dam Failure
October 31, 2011 | Dams & Dam RemovalParts of the northeast took a beating from Hurricane Irene in late August, and along with road failures, culvert failures, and significant property damage, we also saw a number of dam failures. The flood peaks were so high, that in some cases it was after the flooding subsided that the actual damage was noticeable.
Read more »Great day on the White Salmon
October 27, 2011 | Dams & Dam RemovalI wanted to share a little about what it was like to be on the White Salmon yesterday for the blast at Condit Dam. It was an amazing celebration and so special to share in person with so many colleagues and friends.
Read more »Voices from the White Salmon River: Daniel Dancer
Amy Souers Kober, Senior Director of Communications
October 20, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal
The effort to restore the river and its salmon has taken decades. In this guest post, local advocate Daniel Dancer remembers the very beginning of the dam removal effort.
Read more »Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…It Even Applies to Dams!
October 17, 2011 | Dams & Dam RemovalWhat would you do with old dam materials? Here are just a few ideas.
Read more »Progress report: Elwha River dam removal
October 17, 2011 | Dams & Dam RemovalIt has been one month since dam removal started on Washington’s Elwha River. Watch the progress, through photos and video.
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