Every year, Washington's wheat fields produce over 144 million bushels of grain—enough to fill more than 144,000 tractor-trailers.

When the Winooski River rampaged through Montpelier in July, a dam originally built to control its floodwaters was nowhere in sight. The Bailey Dam, a prominent structure spanning the river just west ...

Deep in the bowels of Idaho's Brownlee Dam, Neal Lincoln is ready to offer a demonstration. Almost 40 feet below the surface of the Snake River — whose waters originate in Yellowstone National Park, ...

To free salmon stuck behind dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley, here’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has in mind: Build a floating vacuum the size of a football field with enough pumps ...

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Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain couldn’t argue with the points made by Art Malm, who supports removing the nine dams along the Fox River. He knows taking them down will improve the river’s ecology, he said. ...

People look for survivors in Derna, Libya. For years, experts warned that floods pose significant danger to dams protecting tens of thousands in Libya's northeast. (Yousef Murad / Associated Press) ...