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Free-flowing rivers
in the United States
are an endangered species. With more than 500,000 dams in place, we've dammed and diverted almost
every major river, straightening curves and blocking
passage for fish and other aquatic animals, pushing many to the brink. Now a heartening new movement is
helping to demolish harmful or
obsolete structures
and restore
new life to rivers and the communities that depend on them. In doing so, it offers a pathway to undoing environmental harm to nature-and to ourselves.
In Undammed, environmental
journalist Tara Lohan takes a clear-eyed look at the unexpected benefits of dam removal
after centuries of dam-building. In helping to restore rivers, she argues, we're protecting our own
communities by improving water quality, enhancing public safety, and boosting fish populations
that feed people and restore rights for Native American Tribes. Lohan
chronicles the removal effort of four dams on the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon, the largest dam-removal and river-restoration project in the world. In the Northwest, she walks readers through the politically heated debate over potential removal of dams
on the Lower Snake River in
Washington to help restore salmon and orcas. And she
visits the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers in Maine where time
is running out to save Atlantic salmon. In the Southwest, Lohan considers the need to rethink the concrete monoliths on its largest rivers in the face of longer droughts, higher temperatures, and overallocated resources. And in Ohio, she highlights how removing unneeded dams is helping
the once lifeless
Cuyahoga River bounce back, benefitting urban communities in
innumerable, tangible ways. In other efforts across the country, she shows why
removing deadbeat and small dams can have big impacts and is helping drive action beyond our
borders. In Europe, where river barriers occur almost
every half-mile,
the
US
movement is spurring a rival effort to restore natural flow to rivers
degraded by obstructions.
Undammed is
an inspirational look at our
changing relationship with the
natural world, showing the cascade of benefits that come when we no longer turn our backs on rivers. And in helping to
restore rivers, we're helping ourselves.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Dynamic Return
Chapter 2. The Movement
Gets Its Start
Chapter 3. Deadbeat Dams
Chapter 4. Thinking Small Chapter 5. Urban
Dams Chapter 6. Climate of Change
Chapter 7. Controversy
on the Snake River
Chapter 8. Last Chance for Atlantic Salmon Chapter 9. The Klamath Makes History Epilogue
Notes
About the Author
