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Greg Russ, of the White River Partnership, left, watches as Ben Canonica hammers the Hyde Dam spillway with about half the structure left to remove in East Bethel, Vt., on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Alex Stitt, of Geo Insight, far right, and Matt Murawski, of Ripple Natural Resources, second from right, monitor motion sensors placed to detect if vibrations from the dam removal are a danger to the former Hyde sawmill, which is now a residence. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Project removes old, disused dams to make healthier waterways

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2021

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Failed Bridgewater plant dumps sewage into Ottauquechee

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2021

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Woodstock considers its post-Irene resilience

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2021

Gus Speth has published “They Knew,” a book drawing from his expert testimony accusing the federal government, beginning in the Carter years to the present, of knowing the risks of climate change, having available policies to limit emissions, and refusing to act. Speth, 79, was photographed at his Strafford, Vt., home on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Strafford environmental lawyer says president failed to act on climate change

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2021

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Hartford Selectboard approves climate action plan that would cut emissions townwide by 2030

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2021

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Public hearings planned for Vermont Climate Council’s proposal

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2021

Sumac surrounds a sign pointing the way to the portage trail around the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River in Lebanon, N.H., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The dam and two others on the Connecticut also owned by Great River Hydro are up for relicensing, a process that occurs every 40 years. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Some see opportunity in Wilder Dam relicensing

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2021

Forest ecologist Dave Lutz is a research assistant professor at Dartmouth College. Lutz is working with a team in the 180 acre Clement Woodlot owned by Dartmouth in Corinth, Vt., to document conditions as emerald ash borers spread through the state. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Researchers rush to record data in Dartmouth forest before emerald ash borer changes everything

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterAugust 31, 2021

Peg Elmer Hough kisses her husband Randy Hough at the close of an interview being filmed by Sam Bruce for a Resilience Festival oral history project on residents’ experiences during Tropical Storm Irene Sunday, August 28, 2016. Elmer Hough has since moved to Cabot, Vt., but her home was undercut by flood waters from the White River during the storm and she had the building lifted onto a new, higher foundation and built a stone wall as a breakwater in the event of another flood of Irene’s power. The coulple were married two years ago in a garden on the property on the anniversary of the storm. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Tropical Storm Irene, 10 years later: Homeowners decide whether to stay and rebuild or move away

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterAugust 31, 2021

Lindsey Jones, of Orange County, Va., makes her way down Route 4 in Woodstock yesterday. Jones, who has been hiking the Appalachian Trail for two months, says she came off the trail in Killington when she got word of the storm. She estimated it would take two days to get back to the trailhead because of road closures across the Upper Valley. (Valley News - Polina Yamshchikov) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Tropical Storm Irene, 10 years later: Businesses look back on disaster, recovery

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterAugust 28, 2021