Dam Busters
In staid New England, if a younger man drives onto the property of an elderly woman and threatens to knock something down, you expect pushback: …
In staid New England, if a younger man drives onto the property of an elderly woman and threatens to knock something down, you expect pushback: …
An effort to study the feasibility of a 700-foot-wide, 300-foot-tall hydroelectric dam at a salmon-spawning stream connected to the Kenai River has generated quick opposition, some of …
Tommy Williams—a fisheries biologist whose enthusiasm bubbles forth so swiftly, he’s often interrupting himself mid-sentence—is pacing on the banks of the Carmel River. “Amazing,” he …
Fishways on rivers in the U.S. Northeast are failing, with less than 3 percent of one key species making it upriver to their spawning grounds, …
This is a rare opportunity for wild steelhead angler-advocates to call for actions that will dramatically improve the prospects for wild steelhead and salmon in …
Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam aimed at benefiting Montana and North Dakota farmers that critics say could …
It’s been only 2 years since the removal of the last of the dams that obstructed the Elwha River, in Washington, but already species are …
The Open Rivers Fund will provide $50 million over 10 years to remove ‘deadbeat dams’, including the Matilija Dam in Ventura, California; Beeson-Robison Dam in …
The federal government is committing to at least another 20 years of use of a huge Colorado River dam that officials call crucial to states …
I’m a firm believer in pitchforks and torches. Environmental work isn’t for sissies – especially when you’re fighting to remove a dam that has been …