But elsewhere around the world, the dam building has continued.
Human actions such as dam building can hurt mountain madtoms because they prefer fast flowing water.
The main threats it faces are pollution, siltation, and habitat destruction primarily by dam building.
The governor gave up the old way of dam building, which was simply trying to catch the floodwaters.
The controversy of dam building mirrors that concerning globalization.
The females are the most active in dam building, though all adults and yearlings may take part.
It is also a concern for engineers, politicians, geologists and consultants who have made a career of dam building in the West.
When built on a carefully studied foundation, the gravity dam probably represents the best developed example of dam building.
This dam building was repeated along the river, until there were "steps" of deep water.
Typical of the human activities that endanger the mussels is dam building.