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December 30, 2025

Nine Vermont dams were removed in 2025. There are many more to go

  • Dam removals have gained urgency in recent years as Vermont communities have been battered by repeat floods.
    • By ERIN PETENKO
    VTDigger

    Photo via White River Partnership Instagram [enlarge]
    A worker with White River Partnership widens the breach in September as part of the removal of the Farnham Bros. dam in Tunbridge.

    There are at least 140 dams in the Winooski River watershed, according to Michele Braun, executive director of the Friends of the Winooski River. Three of those dams help with flood control. Fifteen provide hydropower. A “handful” contribute to local recreation.


     
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