With changing climate, dams getting closer look

Katie Castellani

07/19/2024

THE AFTERMATH: An old earth-and-stone dam along Beaver River failed in December after heavy rainstorms and caused minimal damage downstream. Beavers had built their own dam on top of the existing dam.  COURTESY TIM MOONEY

In December, about 2 million gallons of water from the Beaver River rushed through Richmond. A small, dilapidated dam, likely built 150 to 200 years ago, had been quietly holding back the water, says Tim Mooney, marketing and communications manager for The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island. That is until a rainstorm at the end

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