Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

Dams and levees are critical pieces of our infrastructure and our history. They're one of the oldest type of human-made structures on the planet, and they were one of the first things that that ...

HIGHEST LEVEL OF STATE SCRUTINY. THE PITTSFIELD MILL DAM IS A CENTURY OLD, AND SO FAR IT HAS WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND WATER. THE STATE CLASSIFIES IT AS A HIGH-RISK DAM BECAUSE IF IT FAILED, ...

Tens of thousands of privately owned dams, such as the Hells Canyon Dam on the Snake River along the border between Oregon and Idaho, could be eligible for funds under the new Corps program. Photo by ...

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials says in a new report that the overall cost of upgrading dams that the federal government does not own or operate more than doubled over the past year, to ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to invest in critical upgrades at Mount Morris Dam to ensure the structure remains reliable.

No larger than 4 feet tall, beavers are nature’s star engineers—restoring landscapes and balancing ecosystems at will. Here are three incredible success stories where they accomplished what humans ...