Advocates of hydroelectric dams on the Amazon, ... “These three river basins hold roughly one-third of the world’s freshwater fish species,” said Kirk Winemiller, ...

Using the information from these dams and the roughly 10,000 fish species living near them, researchers created comprehensive maps detailing areas around the world could be or already are suffering ...

Dam projects on world's largest rivers threaten fish species, rural livelihoods. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 01 / 160107151740.htm ...

And that’s a problem if you’re a native Australian fish species evolved to ply the waterways of the Murray-Darling Basin and have to confront the 10,000 or more man-made obstructions from ...

Previously, the deserted dam had been preventing the migratory fish from swimming upstream. It also trapped the granite sediment that provided spawning beds for salmon.

The Garrison Dam Tailrace on the Missouri River has been the hottest fishing hole in North Dakota since the boat ramp reopened Aug. 18 after a summer of flooding, but there's a dark side to what's ...

Dead invasive fish species washed ashore below the Iron Gate Dam near Hornbrook, Calif., when the dam removal project was underway. Two dams will remain farther upstream on the Klamath to collect ...

The ladder is a series of tiered concrete walls, spanning about 800 feet along the side of the dam, that fish can use to go upstream. The troublesome part of the ladder, at least for the lamprey ...