The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...

The federal Bureau of Reclamation runs some of the state’s largest water facilities. It now must plan to lose as much as 40% of its workforce.

Firefighters continue to struggle to bring the blazes under control ... before Congress to pay for a high dam on the Colorado to hold back any further flood threats while providing water for ...

Two landmark federal measures were born as a result: the Flood Control Act of 1928 ... which authorized the construction of a $165-million high dam on the Colorado, eventually to be christened Hoover ...

Beavers are unparalleled in their ability to restore landscapes, create wetlands that manage flood ... dam ever discovered measured 2,790ft (850m) – more than twice the length of the Hoover ...

Then, in 1938, after a devastating flood, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began to build ... from the dried-up basin of the Hoover Dam to the fire-torn Malibu coast. Like the plan that inspired it, ...

As the Hoover Dam was built to control water use, there are concerns that the giant reservoirs of the Colorado River, Lake Mead (the largest reservoir in the U.S. in terms of water capacity ...

Walkers can step back into Hoover Dam history while getting some of their daily steps in Boulder City. The town, about a half-hour south of Las Vegas, helped build Hoover Dam. A self-guided ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From the top of Hoover Dam, the Colorado River looks suitably tamed. Famed for its whitewater tumult upstream, the Colorado is ...