From the Brattleboro Reformer: "Four months after announcing an agreement to buy 13 hydroelectric stations on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers, a Boston company is close to sealing the deal."
From the Portland Press Herald: "Acquisition of the remaining dam by the Atlantic Salmon Federation is part of a plan to restore 'connectivity' in the Sheepscot River watershed."
From The New York Times: "After two weeks that saw evacuations near Oroville, California, and flooding in Elko County, Nevada, America’s dams are showing their age."
From the Wiscasset Newspaper: "The Wiscasset Conservation Commission is putting off making a recommendation on Montsweag Dam until the panel meets with Fire Chief T.J. Merry."
From the West Virginia Gazette-Mail: "Three aging dams on the West Fork River in Harrison County were among 72 dams in 21 states removed last year to improve public safety, water quality and recreational opportunities."
From The New York Times: "The danger to Oroville, north of Sacramento, is the latest wake-up call that American public works are crumbling after decades of neglect, and the federal and state governments need to spend hundreds of billions on repairs."
From the Washington Post: "About 188,000 residents near Oroville, California, were ordered to evacuate Sunday after a hole in an emergency spillway in the Oroville Dam threatened to flood the surrounding area."
From the Portland Press Herald: The Friends of Sebago Lake and the Friends of Merrymeeting Bay are concerned about a provision that would delay fish passage farther upstream.
From Science Mag: "Even if the fish passages work, the reservoirs behind dams like Xayaburi will destroy spawning grounds, and their stagnant waters could create a hostile habitat for larval fish."