Sacramento River reopens for recreation as dam releases decrease, caution still advised
Releases from the Shasta and Keswick dams have decreased, allowing the Sacramento River to re-open to recreational boaters ...
The Spokesman-Review14d
Agencies analyzing how Snake River recreation would change if dams are breached
The settlement calls for a five- to 10-year pause in the litigation, during which studies looking at how services like ...
Bill to fund Custer West Dam moves to joint appropriations
A bill to reconstruct the Custer West Dam would appropriate $1.5 million if funding for the state prison doesn't get approved ...
Business Journal Daily3d
Leavittsburg Dam Controversy Lands in Court
It’s a monthslong controversy involving multiple public entities that’s resulted in legal action and threats of defunding.
Portland Press Herald17d
New bills could allow towns to come together and take over abandoned dams
Milliken worries that it could set a precedent for owners of other deteriorating dams, leaving Maine communities who rely on the dammed lakes for property taxes and recreation revenue in the same ...
MLive- Flint/Saginaw/Bay City on MSN14d
Michigan DNR wants to remove old leaky campground dam
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced last week that an internal committee had recommended removal of ...
Natural disaster looms over Greenville's Lake Conestee Dam. Replacing it is a race against time.
The effort to replace the aging Lake Conestee Dam south of Greenville and avert a natural disaster is now in full swing after ...
JD Supra26d
Court Finds FERC Appropriately Evaluated Decision to Retain Dams in License Surrender
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) held that FERC complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) in approving the surrender ...