Sub-freezing temperatures halted dredging operations at the Gorge Dam. The project resumed in early March, as temperatures ...
As new sources of renewable energy grow, there has been a large-scale effort to remove dams, which generate hydroelectric power, across the country. It might seem contradictory that in a day and age ...
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Why America is removing dams and how it’s done

Major dam removals are underway across America, but why are these construction behemoths being taken down across the USA? What is the insane engineering needed behind a dam removal and demolition?
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 — ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A project to remove four dams from the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids and restore the city’s ...
October 2025 marks the one-year anniversary of the full removal of the dams on the Klamath River watershed. This is the biggest dam removal project in the world to date, taking down four dams in ...
MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering up to $1.5 million in Fisheries Habitat Grants to local, state, federal and tribal governments and nonprofit groups.
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Construction for Lynchburg’s College Lake Dam removal and stream restoration project is completed, the City of Lynchburg announced. The removal of the College Lake Dam was a ...
Crews started with what’s called “notching,” slowly lowering water levels as they work to remove the dam over the next few ...
Newport News Waterworks is undertaking a dam removal project that will transform the body of water separating the city and James City County. Newport News Waterworks has commissioned Texas-based ...
The flooding occurred two weeks ago after water was released from Pontoosuc Lake, sending higher flows downstream.