“If you are an angler, boater, fish or bug, the Tuckasegee River is better with the Dillsboro Dam removed,” says U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Mark Cantrell. (photo by ...

The Ela Dam opened in 1925 across the Oconaluftee River in Swain County, on the Tennessee border. It's 36 feet high and a little more than a football field wide. A half-mile downstream, the ...

Duke Energy dam demolition aids imperiled species. Expand. Sicklefin redhorse Expand to read more. 1 of 2 ...

High Falls, or Cullowhee Falls, a 25-minute drive south of the town with the same name, used to tumble powerfully into the West Fork Tuckasegee River all year round. In 1941, a dam was constructed ...

The bystander, a world champion canoeist, quickly jumped into action when he saw a mother and daughter fall out of their tube in the rapids of a western North Carolina river.