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 ...

The continent has a growing movement to remove old and unnecessary dams to improve river health and save species. It comes as ...

Brooke Rollins’s latest culture war crusade threatens a delicate compromise between Potter Valley farmers and nearby tribes.

The Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) has overseen the complete removal of the 170-year-old Church Manufacturing Dam in Monson.

HORNBROOK, Calif. — The Iron Gate Dam, one of four dams on the Klamath River, will be removed in 2023. It will be the largest dam removal in U.S. history. For Pachomio Feliz, the waters of the Klamath ...

The Trump administration is following up on its pledge to try to stop the removal of two dams on Northern California's Eel River, a move that gives farmers and rural residents opposed to the ...

The River Dam in Ellsworth faces potential removal as Maine regulators denied its water quality certification on the Union ...

Black Bear Hydro was denied its last water quality certification in 2020, though its dams continue to operate on a temporary license.

The fight over Hager Pond Dam in Marlborough is a window into the hundreds of “high hazard” dams in Massachusetts that no longer serve any purpose.