by Appalachian Mountain Club | Mar 21, 2022
Julia Khorana can remember a time when the Deerfield River in Western Massachusetts was nearly unusable by paddlers and whitewater lovers. The problem, back in the early 1990s, was that the old hydroelectric dam that held back water in the summer months resulted in an...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Mar 2, 2021
The Eagle and Phenix Dam was a stone dam on the Chattahoochee River, in downtown Columbus, Georgia. The dam was built in 1882 to power the Eagle and Phenix Textile Mill. It was breached in March 2012 to restore natural flowing conditions and create an urban whitewater park along the river.
