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Tara Lohan

@taralohan.bsky.social
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Journalist and author of Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life. I write about dam removals, climate, energy, water, wildlife, and wildlands.

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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dam removals offer an opportunity for ecological reconnection. And they offer a chance for a wild education, I found out when my alma mater, #MiddleburyCollege joined the #damremoval movement. @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social middleburymagazine.com/essays/undam...
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Undamming Hope
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Ready for a good news story? It was great talking with @joshuafrank.bsky.social and Erik Wallenberg of @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social about the amazing benefits of free-flowing rivers #Undammed #damremoval @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/24/f...
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Freeing Rivers w/ Tara Lohan
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk with journalist and author Tara Lohan about her new book, Undammed: Freeing
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New river restoration projects can help the West handle increased wildfire risk while also working to revive salmon populations. My latest for @magiccanoe.bsky.social magiccanoe.org/how-salmon-r... #salmon #wildfire #solutions
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How Salmon Restoration Also Builds Wildfire Resilience - Magic Canoe
In Central Oregon, a new river restoration technique to repair habitat for salmon is creating an added benefit: wildfire refugia.
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Take a ride on the Salmon SuperHwy -- a project to help #salmon and people on Oregon's North Coast. My latest for @magiccanoe.bsky.social @troutunlimited.bsky.social magiccanoe.org/building-a-s...
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How to Build a Salmon Superhighway - Magic Canoe
On Oregon’s North Coast, a strategic effort to remove nearly a hundred river barriers builds resiliency for fish and people.
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It was great to talk with Rob Dietz from the Crazy Town Podcast by @postcarbon.org @resilience.org about, “The most inspiring environmental and cultural story I’ve seen in recent history.” @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social #Undammed
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Crazy Town Episode 124. Take Me to the River: Getting Rid of Deadbeat Dams
We’re talking dam removal today. So grab a sledge hammer, a few sticks of dynamite, and a wrecking ball, and come along as we explore the battle between concrete placement and concrete removal. And do...
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
What happens when we set rivers free? It was a delight to talk with Tamara Dean at @terrainorg.bsky.social about undamming rivers and the the benefits that flow from that. Check out our conversation: www.terrain.org/2026/podcast... #damremoval #undammed
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Undammed: Setting Rivers Free - Terrain.org
In this episode of the Terrain.org podcast, Tamara Dean speaks with Tara Lohan, author of Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life.
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Don't overlook the importance of removing small dams. Thanks to @earthislandjournal.bsky.social for running this excerpt from my new book. @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social #undammed #damremoval
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I love when an interview feels more like a conversation. That's why I was so delighted to talk with Barbara Bernstein for Locus Focus on @KBOO about how the dam-removal movement fits into larger efforts to restore ecosystems and equity. @princetonupress.bsky.social kboo.fm/media/131440...
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Undammed
Last year four of the dams on Klamath River were removed.  The largest dam removal project in United States history, this is a remarkable test case to show how nature and people can thrive on free-flo...
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
What happens when we remove #dams? I chatted about some of the surprising benefits of dam removal on KPCW's This Green Earth. Have a listen! #undammed @islandpress.bsky.social www.kpcw.org/podcast/this...
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The affect dams have on the environment, and what would happen if they were removed
Environmental journalist, Tara Lohan has just released a new book titled, “Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life,” The book details the benefits of dam removal from river restorati...
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
As we take stock of our greenhouse gas emissions, an honest accounting of the input from dams could help us make reductions where dams are unneeded, unsafe, or doing more harm than good. My latest for @resilience.org. #undammed #damremovals @islandpress.bsky.social www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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The U.S. Isn’t Leading at COP30 — But It Is Un-damming Its Way to Climate Resilience
Dam removals aren’t a climate cure-all, but the magnitude of the crisis we face will require all the tools we can muster — and master. Several decades of dam removals across the U.S. has proved they w...
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Removing harmful and obsolete #dams helps can help communities better weather a changing climate and reduce GHG emissions. My latest for @commondreams.org #undammed #climatechange #cop30 @islandpress.bsky.social
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A deeply concerning threat to our waterways. #rivers #cleanwater
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Need some good news? Check out my new book about how #dam removals are restoring #rivers and reviving communities. Even better news: It's 50% off for the next two days from @islandpress.bsky.social islandpress.org/books/undamm...
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Book sale alert! If you're thinking about picking up a copy of my new book UNDAMMED for yourself or someone else, now is the time. @islandpress.bsky.social is offering 50% off all books until 11/16. Get #UNDAMMED and more great titles. #SimplyEverything islandpress.org/books/undamm...
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Undammed
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thanks for sharing @littlegreenbooks.bsky.social
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We need healthy #rivers for healthy communities. Meet the people who are working to return free flowing rivers. #damremovals #undammed islandpress.org/books/undamm...
Blue green waters of the Elwha River
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
My new book, UNDAMMED, is officially out in the world today. I'm so excited right now to be sharing stories about undoing harm and about environmental solutions that are restoring our ecosystems and communities. #undammed @islandpress.bsky.social
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This is incredible news and a lifeline for endangered Atlantic salmon. #undammed
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Dam removals work. More proof news.cornell.edu/stories/2025... #undammed #damremoval
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Dam removal restores aquatic ecosystem within three years | Cornell Chronicle
Water resource managers are increasingly investigating removing dams to restore connectivity and improve aquatic habitats, water quality and fish passage.
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Excited to have a book on this amazing list of new titles.
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I'm writing today about the #KlamathRiver and remembering this day in July near the estuary -- just weeks before fall-run Chinook arrived to find a hundreds of more miles of river for the first time in more than a century. #undammed
Broad river with mist hanging in the air and a small motor boat on the water.
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Tara Lohan @taralohan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Restoration underway on the #Klamath.
Aerial view of river with new green growth in the floodplainWillows growing along a small tributary
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