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A Tiny, 'Endangered' Fish Delayed a Dam's Construction in the 1970s. Now, Scientists Say the Snail Darter Isn't So Rare After All
when the Tennessee Valley Authority initiated construction on a dam on the Little Tennessee River, some 20 miles southwest of Knoxville. Environmentalists, local farmers and the Cherokee ...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers watching Middle Tennessee dams, lakes ahead of rain
Ahead of this week's rain, the U.S. Corps of Engineers in Nashville said it will monitor river, lake and dam intake across ...
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Historic Accomplishment: Snail Darter Recovered
But the Tellico Dam, the last of 68 dams on the Tennessee River system ... are also endangered when their survival is threatened. The destruction of the Little Tennessee River shows that bad ecology ...
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After years of talks, Auburn preps to remove Littlefield Dam on Little Androscoggin River
Learn more. AUBURN — A yearslong effort to remove the defunct Littlefield Dam along the Little Androscoggin River in Auburn is finally nearing deconstruction. The city is seeking engineering ...
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Snail Darter Swims Off Endangered List
who sought to protect the fish and its free-flowing habitat in the Little Tennessee River from construction of the controversial Tellico Dam. The dam was halted for two years, but political forces in ...