Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• dam 58%
• restoration 58%
• removal 40%
• dam removal 25%
• river system 16%
• connectivity 14%
• river 12%
• watershed 12%
• freshwater resource 11%
• decision 10%
• freshwater ecosystem 9%
• planning process 9%
• waterway 8%
• human population 8%
• population growth 7%
• ecosystem service 7%
• economic development 7%
• biodiversity 6%
• ecosystem 5%
• trend 4%
• analysis 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Western United States 100%
• dams (hydrology) 90%
• rivers 27%
• habitat connectivity 10%
• waterways 9%
• economic development 8%
• ecological function 8%
• human population 7%
• ecosystem services 7%
• managers 6%
• planning 6%
• population growth 6%
• biodiversity 5%
• ecosystems 5%