Dam removal
By removing old, obsolete dams, we are healing the ecosystem and restoring life to the Hudson and its tributaries
The challenge
Before dam removal
After dam removal, Photo: Jess Deitz
Exacerbating flood risk
The carbon cost of dams
Shannon Roback, PhD
Science Director
2,000+
More than 2,000 dams, most of them obsolete and many long-forgotten, fragment the rivers and streams of the Hudson Valley
1,800
Every year glass eels travel roughly 1,800 miles from the Sargasso Sea to the Hudson River
85
years since herring were spotted in the Wynants Kill, where they can once again go to spawn thanks to our dam removal work
- Focus areas
- Habitat and wildlifeClimate impacts