There are nearly 3,400 dams in Pennsylvania regulated by the state. Many of those are “low head” dams spanning from one side of a creek or river to the other, affecting the water flow. “About 75 to 80 ...
December floods filled this otherwise-dry stream in central Pennsylvania, but human-crafted beaver dam imitations slowed the flow of stormwater downstream. Photo courtesy Siobhan Fathel. SAINT PAUL, ...
Take a walk along a creek or river in Bucks County, and chances are you'll find one. They look pretty. They look like a little adventure on the water. They're not. These low-head dams, the picturesque ...
A dam on the Codorus Creek in York will be removed over the next several months for variety of reasons, including to reduce flooding and to prepare for the construction of the Codorus Greenway, ...
The Upper Reighard dam blocks the movement of fish along the Franklin Branch of the Juniata River in Bedford, Pa. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is funding removal of 10 dams in Pennsylvania with ...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An environmental group and a chemical company have forged an unusual partnership to remove an old dam in Pennsylvania.GEO Specialty Chemicals and American Rivers are having the ...
The removal of two old low head dams on Spring Creek began in late July and continues into August. The project involves eliminating two dams that were infrastructure associated with Benner Spring and ...
Western Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation is lobbying for increased maintenance and, in some cases, increased service levels for locks and dams on the Allegheny River. U.S. Reps. Guy ...