Rivers across Vermont are flowing more freely as abandoned dams continue coming down — a trend in recent years to better protect against floods and support the state’s ecology. “If there’s a silver ...
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the free newsletter to ...
The Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Sen Osita Ngwu, on Thursday, called on the federal government to ...
PITTSFIELD — After years of closely monitoring the abandoned Bel Air Dam off Wahconah Street, the state has decided to remove the decaying structure and restore the Housatonic River to its more ...
TROY, Idaho -- Crews in the northern Idaho city of Troy have started removing an abandoned dam with the goal of improving fish passage and spawning habitat for threatened steelhead. The Moscow-Pullman ...
This fall, backhoes, dump trucks on tracks and other heavy equipment have been digging out an abandoned dam on the South Platte River near Lake George to transform a slow, wide, cattail-choked stretch ...
Opinion
Tribune Online on MSNOpinion

The abandoned dams

CONSIDERING the rate of incidents and attendant nationwide effects, Nigeria’s national grid collapses have almost lost the tendency to shock anyone. Between 2024 and 2025, the country recorded more ...
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s administration is kicking off a new dam removal project in Pittsfield. At a city hall press conference Friday, Department of Conservation & Recreation ...
Vermont is removing abandoned dams to help prevent flooding and restore the state's ecology. Recent catastrophic floods have increased interest and accelerated the removal of these derelict structures ...