Search Results for: dam removal success
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Twenty years of dam removal successes – and what’s up next
June 27, 2019 The lesson from the Kennebec after twenty years? Dam removal works.
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Dam Removal in 2018 — Another successful year of freeing rivers
February 21, 2019 82 dams and more than 1,230 miles of river were restored through dam removal in 2018.
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Cranberry Creek Dam Being Removed to Restore Brook Trout Habitat and Improve the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
May 12, 2025 Conservation partners are removing an aging earthen dam from Cranberry Creek Preserve, reconnecting a key tributary and clearing the way for habitat restoration, improved safety, and upgrades to North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
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Low Head Dam Safety
May 7, 2025 Be Dam Aware Low head dams are common on rivers, providing a controlled flow within communities. Found on rivers and streams across the country, these dams are small but powerful reminders of America’s industrial and agricultural roots. Typically less than 15 feet tall, these dams were originally built to serve local needs—providing water for irrigation, […]
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Undamming Hope: A Watauga River Restoration
December 19, 2024 In the heart of North Carolina’s High Country, the Watauga River is remembering its path. From its headwaters at Grandfather Mountain, it winds through forests and over rocky banks before flowing into Watauga Lake in eastern Tennessee. For over 150 years, Shull’s Mill Dam stood as a concrete barrier across these waters, a remnant of […]
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Dam Good Stories: Four Women Transforming Mid-Atlantic Rivers
December 3, 2024 It started with small moments: a burning river on a newsreel, tadpoles in a suburban pond, the tenacity of tiny eels, a revelation about environmental justice in a college classroom. For four women on American Rivers’ team in the Mid-Atlantic region, these seemingly minor encounters sparked a cascade of change. Today they are among the […]
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The Klamath Dam Removals: A Story of People and Possibility
September 9, 2024 As I stood on a bridge and looked upstream along the Klamath River, I felt confused. For over 15 years, I had stood in the same stop and gazed on the earthen face of Iron Gate Dam. But on this day, I saw…space. Framing the edges of that space, I saw canyon walls, river bed, […]
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Four Things To Know About the Impacts of Dam Removal on the Klamath River
May 17, 2024 The world’s largest dam removal on the Klamath River continues to push forward, with one dam completely removed, and the remaining three in progress. During the removal process, sediment impounded in the dam’s reservoirs will keep moving downstream. What do these processes mean for fish and wildlife in the river and the communities who depend […]
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Klamath River Named 2024 “River of the Year” by American Rivers, River Champion Awards Honor Leaders Who Made Historic Dam Removal and River Restoration Possible
February 28, 2024 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 Marcus Kahn, 510-679-1899 Washington – American Rivers today announced that Oregon and California’s Klamath River is the 2024 River of the Year, celebrating the biggest dam removal and river restoration in history. American Rivers also announced the recipients of the 2024 River Champion Awards – leaders who have been instrumental […]
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80 Dams removed in 2023, Reconnecting More Than One Thousand Upstream River Miles
February 13, 2024 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 Resources: Communities in 25 states saw important progress for river health, clean water, and public safety in 2023 thanks to the removal of 80 outdated, unsafe, and uneconomical dams, American Rivers announced today. The dam removals reconnected more than 1,160 miles of rivers, improving river habitats for fish and wildlife. […]
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Transformational: Klamath River Dam REmovals and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
February 9, 2024 Giddy smiles and stomping feet. We stood next to the Klamath River and watched muddy water rush out from the tunnel under the Iron Gate Dam. The twenty-degree weather couldn’t freeze out the excitement of our group; even as we tried to kick feeling back into our toes, an energy pulsed through us as we […]
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Major Milestone for Klamath River Restoration: Decommissioning of 3 Dams Begins
January 10, 2024 Statement by Tom Kiernan, President and CEO of American Rivers Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 The effort to restore a free-flowing Klamath River is taking a major step forward this week. The three remaining dams are being decommissioned and the drawdown of the reservoirs is beginning. Removal of the first dam, Copco 2, was completed […]