Dams

A newly discovered plant genus could be wiped out by dams and mining. Could giving it a name save it from extinction?

From California to Maryland, dams are being removed to help fish, improve safety and boost recreation.

A recent meeting by the Orca Recovery Task Force shows the massive political and economic lobbies that stand in the way of success.

Two dams removed from Washington’s Elwha River were branded as salmon-restoration projects, but their watershed and scientific impacts are just as significant.

A hatchery program puts freshwater mussel benefits on center stage.

To restore Southern Resident killer whales and salmon, we need to look at our dams — and ourselves.

We have five questions for Shelley Silbert, executive director of the advocacy group Great Old Broads for Wilderness.

Panama’s Barro Blanco dam was supposed to help fight climate change. It ended up damning a culture.

Southern Resident killer whales have a shortage of food and an overdose of deadly pollutants.

Mountaintop mining and excrement-filled lagoons threaten the unique biodiversity of the American southeast.