Over the past decade, nonprofits and state organizations have started recognizing that removing dams from rivers can actually help the environment by allowing fish to return to their original spawning grounds. According to Laura Craig, director of river restoration at American … [Read more...] about US are removing old dams so fish can return to early spawning grounds
Dam removal
Why the removal of this dam is a big win for local tribes and wildlife
For decades, Native American tribes as well as environmentalists have pushed to remove a dam in Washington that sits on the Middle Fork Nooksack River. This week, construction crews finally descended upon the dam to carefully detonate explosives that will break open the dam. The … [Read more...] about Why the removal of this dam is a big win for local tribes and wildlife
