Tag: Rivers

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature.

For the past five years in a row, river flows all over the globe have recorded below-normal conditions, the press release said.

Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines.

“This legislation will be good news for anyone who likes clean drinking water, fish and wildlife habitat, and public lands recreation. It will protect some of the most scenic rivers we have in Oregon.”

Removing four dams would promote salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.

"The central point of this study is to show the need of acquiring an integral vision of the region to fight the destruction that has been taking place.”