Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As floodwaters continue to climb along the Muskegon River, focus is turning to the network of dams controlling the flow, and how ...

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Widespread beaver dams are showing up in Pacific Northwest coastal wetlands, where they may create sheltered habitat that ...

Almost a quarter of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction. The removal of human-made barriers from rivers, such as dams and weirs, is a popular way to restore water flow and sediment ...