News Headline

Rivers recover natural conditions quickly following dam removal

Source
Science Daily

Publication Date
2014-10-09

A study of the removal of two dams in Oregon suggests that rivers can return surprisingly fast to a condition close to their natural state, both physically and biologically, and that the biological recovery might outpace the physical recovery. In the end, the large pulse of sediment from dam removal simply isn't that big a problem.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141008141139.htm