WEST SPRINGFIELD — The state will help seven communities study the benefits of removing old dams, including ones in Easthampton, Westfield and West Springfield. The goal, according to the ...

People swim and play in the Big River at Rockford Park on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Jefferson County where water funneled through an opening in a former dam creates dangerous currents. Most of the ...

ESTACADA, Ore. (KATU) — Portland General Electric (PGE) is apologizing to customers in the Estacada area who were jolted awake early Tuesday morning to an apparent false alarm about an issue at the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A “false alarm” left residents shaken along the Clackamas River early Tuesday morning over fears that Rivermill Dam had malfunctioned. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office ...

Despite the hopeful strides the river has taken in healing, scientists say federal funding cuts pose a setback to continued scientific monitoring. At a virtual press conference on Thursday, Oct. 9, ...

WATERLOO, Iowa — Crews in Waterloo have begun the annual "Fall Draw Down" of the Cedar River bladder dam. The city plans to deflate the dam at a rate of approximately two and a half inches per day.

This month marks the one-year anniversary of dam removal along the lower Klamath River, the culmination of what has been described as “the world’s biggest dam removal project.” During a virtual news ...

The plaque in memory of Samuel J. Ware II is located at the base of the Samuel J. Ware II Flood Prevention, Water Supply and Recreation Dam. (Photo by Amber Phipps) HARRISVILLE — The North Fork Hughes ...

Swansea voters will have the chance to approve a study and $49,500 federal grant match at the Oct. 27 Special Town Meeting. The study, if funded, will provide insights into potentially removing the ...

At a virtual press conference on Thursday, Oct. 9, Klamath River scientists announced that a year after the last of the dams were removed, river health has begun to bounce back. With salmon swimming ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, the Nature Conservancy and other partners have broken ground on a project aimed at restoring the natural flow of the Elk River.

One year after the last of four hydroelectric dams was removed from the Klamath River in northern California, tribes and environmentalists pronounced the work a success. Salmon are finding their way ...