Major dam removals are underway across America, but why are these construction behemoths being taken down across the USA?

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After falling behind schedule, the removal of the Gorge Dam will soon be progressing, with the next phase of the project set to ...

Work continues to remove the Bel Air Dam in Pittsfield. NewsChannel 13’ s media partners at The Berkshire Eagle shared photos of construction teams and large equipment are there to clear the area. As ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...

A dam can fade into the background for generations, part of the scenery until it becomes a repair bill, a safety concern or a ...

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has filed its formal plans with the federal government to decommission the Potter Valley Project, which includes two dams and a century-old powerhouse that together have ...

The blare of a siren and the shout of “Fire in the hole!” across a PA system heralded the end of the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in 2011. Yet about 50 miles away — and almost 13 years later — ...

A long-awaited dam removal project in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, finally began in earnest this week. WAMC was there and reports on how demolishing a dam can breathe new life into ecosystems ...

Attebery is chairman of the Karuk Tribe and James is chairman of the Yurok Tribe. Last year, we watched as the last of four dams were removed from the Klamath River in a historic endeavor. Karuk and ...

The Nature Conservancy on Tuesday announced a landmark $168 million deal with Brookfield Renewable to purchase the company’s four hydroelectric dams on the lower Kennebec River, paving the way for ...