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 ...

Torrey Ritter may not have been born a beaver believer, but he was a quick convert. The signs were too obvious to miss, even for a young biologist just starting his career with Montana Fish, Wildlife ...

Voters in Orland, Surry, Blue Hill, and Penobscot approved the creation of Maine's first regional dam district.

The story of a New England entrepreneur rehabilitating old dams to produce clean energy. The story of Bob King, a New Hampshire entrepreneur whose life's work has been rehabilitating abandoned dams to ...

Nearly 10 years ago, scientists set out to discover what would happen if they were to begin removing the more than 1,600 Colonial-era mill dams that clog small freshwater ecosystems across New York.

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 ...