The Open Rivers Fund November 2024 newsletter focuses on the restoration of Wildboy Creek through removal of Kwoneesum Dam. By removing this obsolete dam, we’re seeing improved habitat, elimination of safety risks for downstream residents, as well as reconnection to the river and its cultural significance for Tribal and nearby communities, in Skamania County. We […]
Category: Washington
Cowlitz Indian Tribe celebrates removal of dam in Skamania County
Coldwater Connection Campaign Clearing Way for Fish
Why ‘deadbeat dam’ removals are so difficult in WA, PNW
One year later: Revisiting the site of the old Nelson Dam
Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Columbia Land Trust Launch Kwoneesum Dam Removal Project
‘Welcome to our cathedral’: Cowlitz tribe, Columbia Land Trust hail dam’s pending removal
A timely boost in the science of dam removal and river recovery
Over a period of several months, two dozen papers on dam removal and river restoration are being published in a single edition of the online journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. This tranche of papers represents a significant advance in the science behind dam removals. The timing is superb, as publishing coincides with removal of […]
Documentary Spotlights Partnerships in Dam Removal
To celebrate its first five years of work, Open Rivers Fund—a program of Resources Legacy Fund, launched in November 2016 with a 10-year, $50-million investment from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation—worked with film director Jason Jaacks to produce a documentary highlighting several dynamic dam removal projects and partnerships that are reshaping waterways across the American […]
