On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two centuries.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently announced $350,000 to support dam removal studies in seven municipalities.

The landscape before and soon after the removal of Newport’s Sleeper Pond Dam in Oct. 2025. Photo courtesy of the Missisquoi River Basin Association There are at least 140 dams in the Winooski River ...

A crew member works on the removal of the Shulls Mill Dam on the Watauga River, near Boone, N.C., July 1. (Erik Verduzco/AP Photo) BOONE, N.C. — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the ...

Blount County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution introduced by Brad Bowers (District 8-A) and Jeff Jopling ...

Scott Dam, the larger of the two, is a particular liability. In 2023, PG&E reported that the dam faces previously ...

BOONE, N.C. — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two ...

NEWBURGH - The environmental group Riverkeeper will begin deconstructing the Holden Dam on Quassaick Creek in Orange County next fall, thanks to a $4 million grant from the National Coastal Resilience ...

The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border. The project will remove four dams on the Klamath River. Work has already begun on removing the ...

Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending. Storms and floods have intensified in both frequency ...

There are at least 140 dams in the Winooski River watershed, according to Michele Braun, executive director of the Friends of the Winooski River.