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As the many frequent visitors to Waterblogged.info know–from such posts as this and this–we’re enthusiastic about the salutary effects of ridding the world of useless, outmoded, and ill-conceived dams.
Although the catchily-named The Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information carefully hews to the unwritten law decreeing that water-related sites must be visually unappealing, it is a [...]

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In two previous posts, here and here, we pretty much gave Waterblogged.info’s coveted endorsement to the current nationwide trend of removing damaged and/or useless dams to restore and revitalize the rivers they block. Our entire staff was captivated by the short video documentary embedded below that documents the positive—almost magical—effects of dam removal [...]

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