Tapping Snake River water to solve the crisis facing the Colorado River Basin would be a stretch, Wyoming Senior Assistant ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright had what may be his harshest public words yet this week about those who want to take out the ...

A dam safety task force recommended changes after flooding in mid-Michigan in 2020. The legislation "went nowhere," the task ...

In Oregon, life is anchored to the state’s vast network of rivers. These once-polluted and dammed waterways now flow healthy and free, offering opportunities for water-based adventures.

AMERICAN FALLS — If you have ever wondered what is swimming beneath the surface of the Snake River below American Falls Dam, Idaho Fish and Game biologists have been investigating. And what they found ...

Tribes “played a really pivotal role” showing that cost to renew license with required environmental upgrades could be significantly more than dam removal, says ...

The project involves removing the Wheelwright Pond Dam to restore natural riverine processes and reconnect 130 miles of high-quality freshwater habitat in the Ware River Watershed. A Day in the Life ...

An environmental group is seeking to remove Marshall's Capitola Dam after it was damaged by Tropical Storm Helene. The non-operational dam, built in the early 1900s, is believed to increase flood risk ...

I attended the hearing for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s draft Fish and Wildlife Plan in Seattle recently, and I came away with several observations. First, most of the people who ...

The “emergency measures” ordered by federal Judge Michael Simon last week are “death by 1,000 papercuts,” a dam advocate on social media says. Simon on Feb. 25 ordered increased spill over dams and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the Trump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge has ordered more water spilled over Columbia and Snake River dams rather than being used to spin hydropower ...