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December 2008 World Rivers Review: Special Focus on River Restoration 1.Please provide a list and very short summary of the project(s) you have worked on and their status. I work on the removal of the Krebsbach dam in Germany (in 2007), the second removed dam in Germany. It was an 18m high earthen dam built for industrial water supply in 1962. In 1989 the purpose ceased to exist. Then in the 90s the security and structural obsolescence problems emerged. In order to meet the new flood criteria a comprehensive expensive rehabilitation was necessary. So the owner, a regional public wate

December 2008 World Rivers Review: Special Focus on River Restoration 1.Please provide a list and very short summary of the project(s) you have worked on and their status. I have worked on more than 43 projects, 28 of them removed between 2006 and 2008. Too many projects to list, but all are conducted as partnership with PA Dept of Environmental Protection Division of Dam Safety and PA Fish & Boat Commission. Some of these I was the lead project manager, others I was a funder or advisor or some combination. You can get more information on PA projects in the "Dams Slated For R

December 2008 World Rivers Review: Special Focus on River Restoration 1.Please provide a list and very short summary of the project(s) you have worked on and their status. I have worked on more than 20 completed dam removals and am currently working on approximately 45 in process. 2.When approaching a dam removal project, what is the first thing you have to know, the first step, the first thing one should tackle? The most critical step is to work with the dam owner until they consent to the project. You can't just pick a dam and remove it. You have to have the dam owner on bo

December 2008 World Rivers Review: Special Focus on River Restoration 1.Please provide a list and very short summary of the project(s) you have worked on and their status. Big Spring Dam, Big Spring, WI - in process of removal Nemahbin Roller Mill Dam, Bark R., WI - being contested Udey's Dam, Crawfish R,, WI - still undecided Woodley Dam, Apple RIver, WI - to be removed many, many others... 2.When approaching a dam removal project, what is the first thing you have to know, the first step, the first thing one should tackle? Is there a local voice willing to speak for the

December 2008 World Rivers Review: Special Focus on River Restoration  1.Please provide a list and very short summary of the project(s) you have worked on and their status. The majority of my work has tended to be national in scope, focusing more on communicating the broader messaging of the dam removal movement, and developing the tools that will help communities succeed in their restoration projects. That said, there are probably far fewer dam removal projects I have worked than others you will speak to. This also means I've also probably dabbled in a ton of projects in one aspe

December 2008 World Rivers Review: Special Focus on River Restoration  1.Please provide a list and very short summary of the project(s) you have worked on and their status. Octoraro Dam removal - removal of a rubble dam to open 14 miles of habitat to shad and herring Puckum Branch removal - earthen dam removal to open habitat for herring Raven Rock dam removal - concrete dam removal to open habitat for brook trout 2.When approaching a dam removal project, what is the first thing you have to know, the first step, the first thing one should tackle? First thing I need to know whe

There will always be abundant snow and glaciers on the highest mountains of the world, the Himalayas. This snow will always feed the Indus and Ganges rivers and forever supply water to millions of people in South Asia and China. These statements may no longer be true. Our warming climate is changing the Himalayas faster than any other region of the world. The mountains’ mighty glaciers, the source of most large Asian rivers, are melting. Against these dramatic changes, the governments of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan are planning to transform the Himalayan rivers into the p

This spreadsheet, downloadable below, contains 203 dam projects the Sinohydro Corporation is involved in outside of China. For some of the projects, only a memorandum of understanding has been signed. Others are currently being studied regarding their feasibility or are under construction. Yet others have already been completed. The spreadsheet is based on media reports, and the sources of information are indicated. In some cases, we have double-checked the information, but we are not able to do this comprehensively, and cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information. Please be aware that n

More on dam building in the HimalayasRead the report: Mountains of Concrete

The UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, December 1-12, 2008 The world's governments are converging on Poznan, Poland over the first two weeks of December for the UN's annual climate change conference. The Poznan negotiations are a key step on the road to the crucial conference in Copenhagen next December, where agreement needs to be reached on the climate regime to take effect after the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. International Rivers is sending a three-woman climate team to Poznan: Payal Parekh, Barbara Haya and Ann-Kathrin Schneider. Our team will be pushing for