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Articles by: Erin Singer McCombs

  • Ward Removal During Drone May 2021 Wildlands
    March 3, 2023

    Bringing Voices Together to Remove Obstacles: Three Dam Removal Handbooks Completed in Three Years

  • Ela Dam, Oconaluftee River | Photo by Erin McCombs
    January 5, 2023

    The Fate of a Dam in Cherokee

  • freshwater mussels | photo courtesy of arkive.org
    September 29, 2022

    A Rainforest of Clams

  • Brook Floater Mussel | Photo by Michael Perkins
    February 10, 2022

    Mommy Mussels and the Breathing Rocks

  • Congaree Creek | Photo by Gerrit Jobsis
    November 19, 2019

    Congaree Creek flowing free thanks to dam removal

  • Shuford Dam Removal | Photo by Erin Singer McCombs
    November 1, 2019

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

  • Briar Creek restoration, TN. | Credit: The Nature Conservancy
    March 5, 2018

    Better Together: Partners Team to Restore River in National Forest

  • Milburnie Dam | Photo: Restoration Systems
    November 10, 2017

    Neuse River flows freely after Milburnie Dam removed

  • Chewacla State Park near Auburn, AL. | Outdoor Alabama
    May 1, 2017

    The River in a Mussel Shell

  • During construction of the new channel. | NCWRC
    January 9, 2017

    A River Restored in Nantahala National Forest

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