Decades before the construction of Wisconsin's first coal-fired generator, an engineer named Magnus Swenson and his partners had begun harnassing the power of the Wisconsin River behind a wall of concrete.

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Floodwaters have overtaken dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people from places in central Michigan, where the governor warned that the hometown of Dow Chemical Co. could end up under about 9 feet of water by Wednesday evening and said the state will investigate the dam operators.

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The river-liberation movement recently claimed another victory.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for $3.5 million in grant money for eligible dam projects.

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The state Department of Natural Resources will spend $3.5 million the next two years on 15 dam construction projects, according to a news release from the DNR.

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The Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula once teemed with legendary salmon runs before two towering concrete dams built nearly a century ago cut off fish access to upstream habitat, diminished their runs and altered the ecosystem.

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By James Briggs Vernon County has 22 dams and, until 2007, never set money aside for repairs. So when the county socked away $50,000 in 2007, officials felt good about their preparedness. “We were really excited we had some money ...

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By Cheryl Wittenauer AP Writer St. Louis — U.S. military veterans are sorting through a massive government archaeological collection that has been neglected for decades, with the hope of archiving the stone tools, arrows and American Indian beads that were ...

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