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MONDAY, JULY 06, 2009

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NCPR News

Good and bad of dam removals

Water powered the first industries in the northeast. But damming rivers to produce that power has consequences — walling off rivers and stopping fish from migrating upstream. In recent years more than 20 dams have been knocked down in the Northeast. This month marks the ten-year anniversary of one of the first to come down: the Edwards Dam in Augusta, Maine. As part of a collaboration with northeast stations, Susan Sharon reports there are tradeoffs to dam removal, too, especially in an era of climate change.
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