Tag Archive: dam

Sep 28

Removal of the Fort Halifax Dam

Fish and other wildlife return to a river quickly after a dam has been removed. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Rivers full of nature’s bounty… on this CurrentCast. During colonial times, fish were so plentiful in Maine’s Sebasticook River, they could be caught with bare hands. But dams built in the name of progress blocked …

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Sep 03

Elwha River Dam Removal

After nearly 100 years, the largest dam removal in U.S. history has allowed the Pacific Salmon to return to the Elwha River. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: The largest dam removal project in the world…on this CurrentCast. As Washington State was settled in the early nineteen hundreds, two massive hydroelectric dams were built on the …

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