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The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
“The Klamath was once the third-largest salmon-producing river on the West Coast,” stated an August 2024 press release from Newsom’s office, “before the construction of concrete dams ...
The report is centered on 11 dams: the four lower Columbia dams — Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day and McNary; the two upper Columbia dams — Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee; the four lower Snake ...
Almost 4,100 dams are categorized at the same risk level and condition — or worse — according to an NBC News analysis of the inventory’s data. Every state has at least one such dam. Ohio has ...
The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the furthest upstream to the furthest downstream):
The removal of four Klamath River dams along the California-Oregon border is in the spotlight — and for good reason. It is the largest dam removal in our nation’s history and represents the ...
Proposals to remove underused dams and restore fish habitats emerged in the early 21st century with support from the state's Native American tribes; the first major dam removal was the Condit Dam near White Salmon in 2011, which was followed by two dams on the Elwha River near Port Angeles. As of 2024, 39 dams in Washington have been removed.
Workers are breaching 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 ...