Federal officials are quietly warning that one of the country’s most important dams is approaching a tipping point not seen ...

My dad helped with the building of Silver Lake. My dad and my in-laws told stories of the spring flooding happening every year before the original dam and Silver Lake was built. The Silver Lake dam ...

There are times when a dam has a purpose and then times when that becomes a burden. Dams effectively store water for flood control, irrigation, and other functions. However, dammed rivers disrupt the ...

Most of our state’s aging dams – built in the 1800s and early 1900s to power mills that no longer exist – continue to block ...

COLUMBIA ― With more than 2,300 state-regulated dams across the state, the South Carolina Department of Health of and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) Dams & Reservoirs Safety Program plays a critical ...

These mountains feed rivers that supply drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people along the Front Range. After the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In Minnesota, beavers have long been considered a nuisance, thanks to their uncanny ability to gnaw trees and construct dams that sometimes clog culverts, raise lake levels or flood ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. A ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - On June 19, the Palisade Historical Society hosted a celebration for the Grand River Diversion Dam’s 110th birthday. The event took place at The Ordinary Fellow winery ...