Budris said that the dam removal process is slated to begin sometime in 2027 with a projected completion in 2028. Once completed, the Naugatuck River spanning up through Thomaston, will once again be ...

There are two other Klamath dams farther upstream, but they are smaller and allow salmon to pass via fish ladders — a series of pools that fish can leap through to get past the dam.

First, in late 2007, PacifiCorp commissioned a confidential study that compared the cost of dam removal to that of the fish ladders and river cleanup that the federal agencies were demanding.

Removal of the Flat Rock and Huroc dams is one of several options being studied. But just the idea has activated some in the community in opposition.

The ladder is a series of tiered concrete walls, spanning about 800 feet along the side of the dam, that fish can use to go upstream.

WESTMINSTER — The old Blake Higgins dam, which may date as far back as 1838, is officially now a thing of the past, and fish access to the Saxtons River for spawning, which had been blocked for almost ...

Workers breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first ...

According to PG&E, the nearby Inskip Powerhouse, which relied on water from the dam, is currently out of service due to its ...

The dams’ average output is 940MW, enough electricity to power Seattle, for example, for a year. At capacity, the dams will ...

Down in the ladder viewing room, watching Chinook, steelhead, lamprey and other fish through thick windows, Sleeper pointed to examples of that type of work in the dam at large.

A “Nature-Like Fishway” designed to allow fish free passage around Daguerre Dam on the lower Yuba River has moved closer to construction. Local anglers worry the passage will open the door for ...

But small boxes on the bottom of the ladder and bypasses aim to make it more hospitable to the important, if unusual-looking Columbia River fish species.