Nearly 200,000 people remained under evacuation orders Monday in the western U.S. state of California while authorities tried to repair erosion of an emergency spillway at the country’s tallest dam to keep it from failing and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters. The immediate emergency that led to the evacuation appeared to have waned; but, officials […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A songbird species that flourishes on the salmon-rich side of dams in the western United States struggles when it tries to nest on the side closed off from the fish and the nutrients they leave behind. But the songbird and the rest of the divided ecosystem rebounds, faster than some experts expected, […]
ANCHORAGE – A new version of the state budget released by Governor Walker Monday removes funding for the Alaska Energy Authority’s proposed Susitna Dam. “Governor Walker’s common-sense, economics-based decision to remove funding for the Susitna Dam is a strong show of leadership and willingness to walk the talk from last fall’s campaign when it comes […]