North Carolina Tore Out Its Last 2 Dams — What Came Back After 140 Years Was Unreal
North Carolina Tore Out Its Last 2 Dams — What Came Back After 140 Years Was Unreal For over a century, two forgotten dams strangled one of North Carolina's greatest wild trout rivers. Then crews tore out the last one — and a creature missing for nearly 140 years came back. This is the forensic story of the Watauga River, seventy-eight miles set free, and a recovery that outran every prediction. SOURCES American Rivers — Undamming Hope, Watauga River Restoration: https://www.americanrivers.org/2024/1... WFAE — Last dam removed on the Watauga: https://www.wfae.org/energy-environme... Watauga Democrat — Shull's Mill removal opens 78-mile corridor: https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/... Wildlands Engineering — Ward Mill Dam removal: https://www.wildlandseng.com/ward-mil... MountainTrue — Ward Mill Dam removal: https://mountaintrue.org/ward-mill-da... American Rivers — Cranberry Creek Dam removal: https://www.americanrivers.org/media-... American Rivers — River restored in Nantahala (Little Buck Creek): https://www.americanrivers.org/2017/0... Yale e360 — How tearing down small dams restores rivers: https://e360.yale.edu/features/northe... #conservation #rivers #troutfishing #northcarolina #rewilding #naturedocumentary
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