It took 3 years but finally a 151m wide and 4.5m high dam will be removed in Estonia! This is part of a larger €15 million project that will help restore a historical salmon migration route and riverine habitat.
The removal of Ennerdale Mill Dam on the Ehen, which is one of the biggest weir removals in the North West of England.
Watch the Rivers Trust short video here
With only 40 percent of Europe’s waterways in good condition, a new study published today calls for tens of thousands of redundant dams and other barriers to be removed to help restore rivers and lakes – boosting wildlife populations and benefiting communities across the continent. A new initiative called Dam Removal Europe aims to start an era of dam removal.
Dam Removal Europe have highlighted a number of barrier removal projects recently carried out or planned internationally. Check out some of the projects below -
Nicolas Hulot, Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, gives his green light to the biodiversity restoration project of the Sélune Valley.
Nicolas Hulot, Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition engages with the Local elected officials a project to restore the biodiversity of the valley of Sélune. This project allow the river to recover a good ecological quality and will aim at long term sustainable development in the valley.
From National Geographic: "In August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, as the final part of the 210-foot-high (64-meter-high) Glines Canyon Dam was dismantled on the Elwha River in northwestern Washington State.
