dam removal

At the end of 2025, WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes trekked deep into the Mount Plantain Preserve in Mount Washington to watch the beginning of a dam removal project aimed at restoring vital natural waterways in the region. This month, he returned for a celebration of its successful conclusion, and the unveiling of a new trail named for a community member who’s spent decades advocating for the land to be protected.

A long-awaited dam removal project in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, finally began in earnest this week. WAMC was there and reports on how demolishing a dam can breathe new life into ecosystems thousands of miles away.

A large lake in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts has been drawn down to allow for repairs to a dam that state inspectors have classified as “High…

A large lake in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts will be drawn down starting this fall to allow for repairs to a dam that state inspectors have…

An almost $4 million plan to remove a centuries-old dam in Pittsfield, Massachusetts was announced this week.A cadre of city, county, state, and federal…

“You have shad, striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, herring. Are all coming in from the ocean. They can’t reproduce in salt water. They have to have…

Work is slated to begin shortly on the first stage of removal of Marcy Dam in the Adirondack High Peaks.The log dam was a favorite photo and camping spot…

A bill that would provide funding for the removal and replacement of aging dams across Massachusetts has passed the state legislature and is now awaiting…

Officials with the US fish and Wildlife service, the Massachusetts Dept of Fish and Game, stakeholders, conservationists, and others today came together…

Work began Wednesday in the western Massachusetts town of Pelham to remove a public safety threat and at the same time provide an ecological benefit to…