{"id":37,"date":"2017-06-14T16:36:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T16:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2024-01-08T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T23:02:34","slug":"oregon-dam-removal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-282\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/files\/2017\/06\/Elwha-dam_Brian-Cluer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2943\/files\/2017\/06\/Elwha-dam_Brian-Cluer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2943\/files\/2017\/06\/Elwha-dam_Brian-Cluer.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Brian Cluer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As our nation&#8217;s infrastructure ages and fisheries have declined, dam removal is increasingly being implemented to address liability and restoration objectives. Decommissioning and removing dams comes with a host of engineering- and ecologically-related challenges. Through the generous funding and support of multiple project partners (see icons below), the Rivers Lab has examined a number of the challenges of dam removal, focusing primarily around:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/cost-drivers-of-dam-removal\/\">Cost drivers of dam removal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Klamath dam removals\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/klamath\/\">Water quality, primary production, and equitable decisions in the Klamath basin following dam removal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reservoir erosion and channel evolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prior work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Field experiments on sediment transport\n<ul>\n<li>Habitat response (Zunka et al. 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Transport phenomena of reservoir erosion (Tullos and Wang 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Timeframes and synchrony of recovery (Tullos et al. 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Sediment pulse behavior (Pace et al. 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Synthesis\n<ul>\n<li>Factors driving geomorphic responses (Major et al. 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Common management concerns (Tullos et al. 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Synthesis and research needs (Foley et al. 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Governance (Fostvedt et al. 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of this work has resulted from collaboration with the great folks from the USGS Powell Center Working Group on Dam removal, who produced this impressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencebase.gov\/drip\/\">database\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/powellcenter.usgs.gov\/view-project\/526ae54ae4b0be4db9fbf979\">a bunch of papers<\/a> on the subject of dam removal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-283\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/files\/2017\/06\/USGS-Powell-Center-logo-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2943\/files\/2017\/06\/USGS-Powell-Center-logo-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2943\/files\/2017\/06\/USGS-Powell-Center-logo.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-284\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/files\/2017\/06\/USGS-Powell-Center-working-group-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2943\/files\/2017\/06\/USGS-Powell-Center-working-group-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2943\/files\/2017\/06\/USGS-Powell-Center-working-group.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Case studies and data<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/brownsville-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring\/\">Brownsville Dam Removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/chiloquin-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring\/\">Chiloquin Dam Removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/savage-rapids-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring\/\">Savage Rapids Dam Removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/gold-ray-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring\/\">Gold Ray Dam Removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/oak-creek-barrier-removal\/\">Oak Creek Barrier Removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/sodom-shearer-dam-removals-monitoring\/\">Sodom and Shearer Dam Removals<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Dam removal database for OR, WA, CA, ID, MT:\u00a0ArcGIS shapefile,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/files\/2017\/09\/dam_removal_database_2-4-2011.xlsx\">Excel spreadsheet<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3><span class=\"pageName\">Our Research Partners<\/span><\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/usbr_logo.jpg\" width=\"131\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfwf.org\/0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/nfwf_logo.jpg\" width=\"103\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fws.gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/fws_logo.gif\" width=\"79\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a 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Decommissioning and removing dams comes with a host of engineering- and ecologically-related challenges. 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