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Largest Dam Removal in History Begins Restoring Salmon and California Tribal Way of Life
After 20 years of advocacy and legal challenges, the largest dam removal in history is returning the Klamath River in California to its natural...
Pacific Salmon Will Regain Access to Hundreds of Miles of Spawning Grounds as Historic Dam Removal Gets Green Light
It's been twenty years of advocacy and legal challenges, but the decision was made to carry out the largest dam removal in history to...
Conservation Groups Celebrate Dam Removal on Green River – Restoring Health of Fish and Humans After 70 Years
Five environmental partners celebrated the largest dam removal in Kentucky’s history last week, which will not only restore biodiversity and improve ecosystems but also...
Woman Has Been Feeding Hungry Swans Every Day for the Last 10 Years After Dam Was Installed
Every day rain or shine, this 70-year-old grandma has doled out specialized bird seed to a flock of swans residing at an English pond.
The Hoover Dam Could Soon Be Turned into a ‘Giant Battery’ for Renewable Energy
If approved, the dam could save California from having to send their excess energy to surrounding states.
Habitats Restored as World’s Largest Dam Removal Unleashes U.S. River
The second of two dams along the Elwha River in Washington State was demolished by crews Tuesday at Glines Canyon. The Elwha River now...
Good News for Many Fish Species: Stimulus Funds Dam Removal
Native brook trout have been rediscovered in a tributary located in the New Hampshire Seacoast region -- a sign that the ecosystem altered by...
CA Redwoods to Be First National Park Co-Managed with a Native American Tribe That Used to Own it
The Yurok will be the first Tribal nation to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on...
Liverpool is Building the World’s Largest Tidal Power Plant to Power a Million Homes
The River Mersey and the Bay of Liverpool are the largest assets this famous English city possesses, and attempting to beat the British government...
Good News in History, March 4
1,172 years ago today, a Duke named Trpimir I wrote in a charter in the Latin language that he was Duke of the Croats...
11-Year-Old Moroccan Boy Hears for the First Time Thanks to Experimental Gene Therapy in Philadelphia
At the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), an 11-year-old boy from Morocco is hearing the world for the very first time thanks to a...
Good News in History, January 21
89 years ago today, The Wilderness Society was formed by an "organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom and preservation of...
The Long-Lost ‘Legend’ Leopard Fish Found Again in Turkey’s Rivers Confirming the Stories from Locals
A team of ichthyologists in Türkiye (Turkey) has rediscovered a "legend" in the form of a carp-like, spotted fish called the leopard barbel (Luciobarbus...
California City Sees Explosion in Spawning Salmon Population in San Jose After 10 Years of Habitat Cleanup
In the Bay Area of California, home of San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara County, and Silicon Valley a famous Pacific resident is heading...
Dog of War Finds Loving New Home After Cheating Death Twice in Ukraine Devastation, Thanks to British Charity
A dog which twice cheated death in Ukraine after being rescued from floods and surviving a Russian bombing has found a new home thanks...
NASA Became “Beaver Believers” After Using Satellites To Measure Their Impact On US Rivers
NASA often brags about how innovation for space travel and exploration has provided the public with all sorts of downstream benefits, but they don't...
Maine Sets Records for Atlantic Herring and Salmon Runs in the Penobscot River
Maine's rivers are the only ones left in the US where Atlantic salmon can return to spawn, and the most productive of these rivers...
‘Rolling Bridge’ Designed So Anyone Can Use Hand Crank to Lift Multi-Ton Footpath for Boats
The crown jewel in a recent revitalization project of a London industrial area is a "rolling bridge" made of squares powered by a hand...
Blue Whales Return to California at Levels Not Seen Since Before the Whaling Industry
Don't call it a comeback, blue whales have been here for years, rocking their peers and putting sailors in fear.
The largest animals on Earth...
Good News in History, May 15
626 years ago today, one of the most august figures in East Asian history was born—Sejong the Great—scientist, reformer, and engineer of the Korean...