Nineteen dams across Michigan are set to split nearly $15 million in state dollars to fund critical maintenance or removal projects, part of an effort to lessen the risks posed by the aging structures ...

After falling behind schedule, the removal of the Gorge Dam will soon be progressing, with the next phase of the project set to begin in June. Summit Metro Parks will close the Gorge Metro Park's ...

The removal of a 105-year-old dam in Flint, Michigan, is boosting wildlife and the community. Hamilton Dam was demolished, and the area was restored in March, reconnecting 25 miles of the Flint River ...

A long-awaited dam removal project in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, finally began in earnest this week. WAMC was there and ...

As new sources of renewable energy grow, there has been a large-scale effort to remove dams, which generate hydroelectric power, across the country. It might seem contradictory that in a day and age ...

It’s been less than a year since the world’s largest dam removal project was completed along 420 miles of the Klamath River, near the border of Oregon and California. But if you look at the river now, ...

A dam removal project at Young's Brook Dam in West Rutland continued on Monday in an effort to reduce the area's flood risk. Environmental leaders said this dam has become a liability for the ...

A giant female Chinook salmon flips on her side in the shallow water and wriggles wildly, using her tail to carve out a nest in the riverbed as her body glistens in the sunlight. In another moment, ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering up to $1.5 million in Fisheries Habitat Grants to local, state, federal and tribal governments and nonprofit groups.

Natick was awarded a $1 million state grant to help fund the removal of the Charles River Dam. The dam is classified as high-hazard, and its removal is expected to make the area more resistant to ...