TVA spokesperson Scott Brooks said, luckily, the Nolichucky Dam was not one of those 44. “The Nolichucky Dam had a record amount of water go over that dam, and the dam performed as expected.

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee—Friday was turning to Saturday when the Tennessee Valley Authority did something it had never done in its 91-year history: It sent residents a “condition red” warning that one ...

Eight were captured by divers and relocated to a safer location downstream where another dam was removed in 2021. Appalachian State University's Michael Gangloff, who is coordinating biological ...

How removing a dam could save North Carolina's ‘lasagna lizard ... The rivers across southern Appalachia naturally flow fast, but as humans developed the area in the 1800s, ...

Dam removals, river restoration ... But the salamander’s range in places such as southern Appalachia has shrunk and its numbers are down 70 percent over the past 50 years. Advertisement ...

Before a N.C. dam is removed, ... Thousands of derelict dams used to power Appalachian mill towns. Now, they're coming down. Their demolition restores the flow of rivers and streams, ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A national non-profit organization that tracks rivers all over the country has announced the rivers of Southern Appalachia are now among the most endangered in th… ...