The removal of a dam in upstate New York is resulting in a surprising ecological rebound. A landowner in the Hudson River Estuary had a dam that built up a water reservoir. Over time, it fell out of ...

Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources may trap and remove beavers from 21 state-owned dams impacted by beaver-induced debris. The plan is an effort to comply with new technical standard dam safety ...

Beavers (Castor canadensis) are widely recognized as ecosystem engineers, building dams that reshape water flow and alter the physical structure of rivers and streams. There is a scientific consensus ...

In the high country of Colorado, scientists are doing something unusual to manage rivers. Instead of pouring concrete or digging engineered channels, they’re deploying hand-built wooden dams. But ...

States are recognizing the ecological benefits of ripping out dams and reconnecting rivers. By Cara Buckley Today, I published an article that surprised me as I was reporting it out. We often hear ...

Lately, beavers have been, well busy, in Escambia County. So much so, that the county says they are increasingly compromising stormwater systems and clogging up culverts, drainage ditches and outfalls ...