Dam On The Battenkill Coming Down

Another one bites the dust.

Work got underway this week on the demolition of the Dufresne Dam on the Battenkill in Manchester.

Fish and Wildlife officials say the dam has impeded fish migration for more than a century on Vermont’s most famous wild trout stream.

LINK (via:Vermont Public Radio)

Out-Dated Dam Killing Thousands Of Fish Near Tacoma

Right now there are tens of thousands of salmon - including endangered species - dying at the base of an out-dated dam on the White River east of Tacoma. The Buckley Diversion Dam is blocking their homeward journey to spawn in the Mt. Rainier watershed. Local tribes say the federal government is failing in its responsibility to transport the fish around the dams on this river.

(via: Northwest Public Radio)

The Army Corp does not agree that it operates the dam.

Mousam River dams at turning point

For more than a century, a series of dams has prevented fish from swimming up and down the Mousam River as it wends its way through York County Maine to the Atlantic Ocean.

Now some conservationists and residents see a potentially historic opportunity to restore fish access to the lower portion of the waterway that once powered mills in Sanford and Kennebunk.

LINK (via: The Kennebec Journal)

Time Lapse of the evolution of the Elwha River Mouth, 1939 - June 2013

Veazie Dam Breaching

Veazie Dam Breaching, July 22, 2013

A historic day on the Penobscot!

For more information check out the Penobscot River Restoration Project.

(via: This is Fly)

Idaho town and farmers aim to demolish old dam to help threatened steelhead

This summer town leaders, farmers and state biologists aim to demolish the 10-foot-high Dutch Flat Dam and restore Little Bear Creek to a more-natural state to give its steelhead a better shot at producing Idaho’s next generation of oceangoing rainbow trout.

LINK (via: The Washington Post)