Restoring Damaged Rivers

The latest blog posts on efforts to remove dams and restore our nation’s rivers. Learn more about our river restoration work.

Cape Fear Sunset on the Neuse River | Photo: Life of Bryan (Flickr)

Climate Change & Rivers, Conserving Clean Water, Dam Removal, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Water Supply

Obsolete, Outdated, Improvable: Dams and Water Supply in the Carolinas

Cucharas #5 Before Removal | Photo by Bill McCormick, Colorado DNR

Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers

Record Number of States (26!) Remove Dams in 2019

Scotland Pond, PA | Photo by Vince Humenay

Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers

Cheers to Greene Township on Scotland Pond Dam Removal

Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers

Busting Dams on Vermont’s White River

Alligator in the Waccamaw River | Photo by Gator Bait Adventure Tours

Blue Trails, Climate Change & Rivers, Conserving Clean Water, Floods & Floodplains, Protecting Rivers

Modern Problems Need New Solutions

Snake River, WA | By Alison Meyer Photography

Restoring Damaged Rivers

Governor Inslee’s Lower Snake Dams report: why it matters and what’s next

Photo credit: bioswales, Steelcase

Climate Change & Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Stormwater and Sewage, Water Supply

How-to Guide for Stormwater Credit Trading

Dam Removal, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers

Frozen 2: the river movie of the decade?

Congaree Creek | Photo by Gerrit Jobsis

Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers

Congaree Creek flowing free thanks to dam removal

Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers

Video: Lessons from the Klamath River

Shuford Dam Removal | Photo by Erin Singer McCombs

Restoring Damaged Rivers

Living Every Kid’s Dream- Dam Busters of the Southeast

Joseph Dana paddles a traditional handmade birch canoe on the Penobscot River and watches as the Veazie Dam is breached in Eddington, Maine. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi, Boston Globe

Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers

6 ways to make dams easier to remove