Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements.

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.

During a virtual press conference Oct. 9, Klamath River scientists announced that a year after the last of the dams were removed, river health has begun to bounce back. With salmon swimming upstream, ...

This month marks the one-year anniversary of dam removal along the lower Klamath River, the culmination of what has been described as “the world’s biggest dam removal project.” During a virtual news ...

Witness the Elwha River’s recovery 12 years after dam removal. It’s been over a decade since two dams came out of the Elwha River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Salmon are returning, cougars, elk, ...

A century-old dam on the San Antonio River could be removed or modified, which would allow fish to move freely upstream and also open up new recreational opportunities for paddlers. The Otilla Dam was ...

A group of Native American youth recently completed the first full descent of the Klamath River since the four largest dams on the river were removed last fall. Kayakers traveled more than 300 miles ...

LOS ANGELES — Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River. As ...

Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. The Green River Reservoir cast its spell on Bryn Davis five years ago, and he and his family have been back every ...