Elwha River Dam, 2011. Prior to this new project, it was the largest dam removal project ever attempted in the U.S. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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More than 400 miles of the Klamath River system that have been blocked for a century will open up for people and wildlife.
Federal officials, the states of Oregon and California, and the utility PacifiCorp signed a pair of agreements opening the way for removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, which flows from Oregon through Northern California…
Read Full Article, National Gographic
1000 Dams Down and Counting: Dam Removal Study Reveals River Resiliency, USGS (05-02-2015)
More than 1,000 dams have been removed across the United States because of safety concerns, sediment buildup, inefficiency or having otherwise outlived usefulness. A paper published in Science Magazine finds that rivers are resilient and respond relatively quickly after a dam is removed…
Elwha, The Grand Experiment (11-12-2012)
Tracking Sediments’ Fate In Largest-Ever Dam Removal, University Of Washington (03-08-2013)
Scientists tracking the aftermath of the largest dam removal in U.S. history say the dismantling of a dam in northwestern Washington state has unleashed about 34 million cubic yards of sediment and debris that built up for more than a century…
Dams – Cutting off our Beach Sand; By Gary Griggs (12-19-2014)
Large Dams Just Aren’t Worth the Cost, The New York Times (10-25-2014)
Small Dams On Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected, study finds, NSF (05-30-2013)
New Global Warming Culprit: Dams
Washington State University researchers have documented an underappreciated suite of players in global warming: dams, the water reservoirs behind them, and surges of greenhouse gases as water levels go up and down.
