News & Resources

Wisconsin Dam Safety Awareness Day

Governor Evers has declared May 7, 2022 as Dam Safety Awareness Day in the state of Wisconsin!  The purpose of [...]

Independent Forensic Team (IFT) Investigation of the 2020 Failures of Edenville and Sanford Dams

The Independent Forensic Team (IFT) investigating the 2020 failure of Edenville and Sanford dams in Midland County and Gladwin County, [...]

Women In Hydropower

Mentor/mentee applications are due August 3, 2022.

Michigan proposes to amend Natural Resources Environmental Policy Act

Bill would amend Part 301 – Inland Lakes and Streams.

Do you know a student with an interest in hydropower?

The Hydropower Foundation offers three scholarships for undergraduates and graduate students, with application deadlines in spring 2022.

FERC Finalizes Dam Safety Regulations

FERC finalized updates to its hydropower project safety regulations on December 16, 2021. The updates promote continued safe operation, maintenance [...]

Can Retrofitting Dams for Hydro Provide a Green Energy Boost?

With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified [...]

WDNR Statewide AIS Coordinator Sharing Links

Hi everyone, Thanks to all who attended the AIS Monitoring webinars! Special thanks to our presenters for sharing their expertise. [...]

Aquatic Invasive Species Management

The Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center has developed the Minnesota AIS Explorer, an online user-friendly decision support tool for [...]

U.S. Hydropower: Climate Solution and Conservation Challenge

The “Joint Statement of Collaboration on U.S. Hydropower: Climate Solution and Conservation Challenge” (Joint Statement), represents an important step to [...]