What does a DAM do anyway? Figuring out where the DAM begins and ends definitely can vary from organization to organization. The question then becomes, “What does this DAM do, and what is it ...

Last April, Olympic National Park began distributing 5,000 “Last Dam Summer” buttons. Park officials were heralding the 2011 tear-down of the Elwha River’s two dams, an estimated $350 million ...

Building work began in 1931, with the dam and power plant completed in 1936. The dam measures 726.4 ft in height above bedrock, the size of a 60-storey building. The base of the dam is 660ft thick ...

The dam safety program rarely follows up on its repair recommendations, according to a 2023 report, and does not take enforcement actions when dam owners disobey, meaning the program does not ...

The Hoover Dam creates Lake Mead. Pellegrino says when lake levels at Lake Mead get as low as 895 feet, dead pool will be a reality at the Hoover Dam. Currently, our lake levels are at 1,047 feet.

Maine’s Dam Agency Does What It Can to Keep the Aging Infrastructure Safe Nearly a decade after a company abandoned the paper mill that once shaped Bucksport’s economy, its successor is in the ...