• River Alliance of Wisconsin and Trout Unlimited 2017 – Dam Removal – A Citizens Guide to Saving Rivers
• Centro Ibérico de Restauración Fluvial (CIREF) and Wetlands International European Association 2017 – Criteria for decision-making towards the improvement of river connectivity and dam removal considering the impacts of invasive fish species in the Iberian Peninsula
• Wildman & Macbroom 2011 – Broad level classification system for dam removals
• Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine 2007 – Environment.Stream Barrier Removal. Monitoring Guide

Dam Removal, a viable solution for the future of our European rivers – Policy Report Dam Removal Europe

• Krasovskaia 2021 – Hedonic analysis of dam removal: Evidence from a natural experiment using matching methods in Maine, USA. The University of Georgia, USA
• Lejon 2012 – Ecosystem response to dam removal. Umeå University, Sweden
• Makombe 2003 – Evaluation of economic benefits and impacts of the proposed removal of the Marion Dam in Osceola County Michigan. Michigan State University, USA
• Maynard 2019 – Assessing migrations and habitat connectivity for two anadromous species following a major restoration effort in the Penobscot River, Maine. University of Maine, USA
• Valtonen 2017 – The removal of a culture-historical dam for improved resilience of urban nature. Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland

• Babbit 2002 – What goes up, may come down: Learning from our experiences with dam construction in the past can guide and improve dam removal in the future
• Bednarek 2001 – Undamming rivers: A review of the ecological impacts of dam removal 
• Belletti et al. 2020 – More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers 
• Bellmore et al. 2017 – Status and trends of dam removal research in the United States
• Bellmore et al. 2019 – Conceptualizing ecological responses to dam removal: If you remove it, what’s to come
• Birnie-Gauvin et al. 2017 – 30 years of data reveal dramatic increase in abundance of brown trout following the removal of a 2 small hydrodam 
• Blumm & Illowsky 2022 – The world’s largest dam removal project: The Klamath River dams
• Brenkman et al. 2019 – Rapid recolonization and life history responses of bull trout following dam removal in Washington’s Elwha River 
• Brummer et al. 2017 – They have kidnapped our river: Dam removal conflicts in Catalonia and their relation to ecosystem services perceptions
• Bubb et al. 2021 – Short-term effects of low-head barrier removals on fish communities and habitats
• Burdick & Hightower 2006 – Distribution of spawning activity by anadromous fishes in an Atlantic drainage after removal of a low-head dam 
• Catalano et al. 2007 – Effects of dam removal on fish assemblage structure and spatial distributions in the Baraboo River, Wisconsin 
• Cisowska & Hutchins 2016 – The effect of weirs on nutrient concentrations 
• Clark et al. 2020 – Evaluation of the removal of impassable barriers on anadromous salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin 
• Cool & Sullivan 2018 – Associations between riffle development and aquatic biota following low-head dam removal 
• Cortes et al. 2019 – Undamming the Douro River catchment: A stepwise approach for prioritizing dam removal 
• Crane 2009 – Setting the river free: The removal of the Edwards Dam and the restoration of the Kennebec River 
• Diessner et al. 2020 – I’ll be dammed! Public preferences regarding dam removal in New Hampshire
• Ding et al. 2019 – Global trends in dam removal and related research: A systematic review based on associated datasets and bibliometric analysis
• Doyle et al. 2003 – Toward policies and decision-making for dam removal 
• Doyle et al. 2005 – Stream ecosystem response to small dam removal: Lessons from the Heartland
• Duda & Bellmore 2022 – Dam removal and river restoration
• Duda et al. 2021 – Reconnecting the Elwha River: Spatial patterns of fish response to dam removal 
• Dufour et al. 2017 – On the political roles of freshwater science in studying dam and weir removal policies: A critical physical geography approach 
• Fitzpatrick & Neeson 2018 – Aligning dam removals and road culvert upgrades boosts conservation return-on-investment 
• Fjeldstad et al. 2012 – Removal of weirs and the influence on physical habitat for salmonids in a Norwegian river 
• Gangloff 2013 – Taxonomic and ecological tradeoffs associated with small dam removals 
• Garcia de Leaniz & O’Hanley 2022 – Operational methods for prioritizing the removal of river barriers: Synthesis and guidance 
• Garcia de Leaniz 2008 – Weir removal in salmonid streams: implications, challenges and practicalities 
• Gonzalez del Tanago et al. 2012 – River restoration in Spain: Theoretical and practical approach in the context of the European Water Framework Directive 
• Grabowski et al. 2018 – Fracturing dams, fractured data: Empirical trends and characteristics of existing and removed dams in the United Sates 
• Gregory et al. 2002 – The conceptual basis for ecological responses to dam removal: Resource managers face enormous challenges in assessing the consequences of removing large dams from rivers and evaluating management options 
• Guetz et al. 2021 – Prioritizing dams for removal to advance restoration and conservation efforts in the western United States 
• Habel et al. 2020 – Dam and reservoir removal projects: a mix of social‑ecological trends and cost‑cutting attitudes 
• Hart et al. 2002 – Dam removal: Challenges and opportunities for ecological research and river restoration 
• Hermoso et al. 2021 – An accessible optimisation method for barrier removal planning in stream networks 
• Hill et al. 2019 – Effect of dam removal on habitat use by spawning Atlantic salmon 
• Hoenke et al. 2014 – A GIS based approach for prioritizing dams for potential removal 
• Hommes 2022 – The ageing of infrastructure and ideologies: Contestations around dam removal in Spain 
• Hunt et al. 2022 – Electric truck hydropower, a flexible solution to hydropower in mountainous regions 
• Ibisate et al. 2016 – Geomorphic monitoring and response to two dam removals – Urumea and Leitzaran Rivers (Basque Country, Spain) 
• Kemp & O’Hanley 2010 – Procedures for evaluating and prioritising the removal of fish passage barriers: A synthesis 
• Knoth et al. 2022 – Rapid colonization of upstream habitats by Oncorhynchus mykiss following culvert modification 
• Kukuła & Bylak 2022 – Barrier removal and dynamics of intermittent stream habitat regulate persistence and structure of fish community 
• Loomis 1996 – Measuring the economic benefits of removing dams and restoring the Elwha River: Results of a contingent valuation survey 
• Magilligan et al. 2016 – Immediate changes in stream channel geomorphology, aquatic habitat, and fish assemblages following dam removal in a small upland catchment 
• Mahan et al. 2021 – Response of benthic macroinvertebrates to dam removal in the restoration of the Boardman River, Michigan, USA 
• Morley et al. 2020 – Shifting food web structure during dam removal: Disturbance and recovery during a major restoration action 
• Mouchlianitis et al. 2021 – Does fragmented river connectivity alter the reproductive behavior of the potamodromous fish Alburnus vistonicus? 
• O’Connor et al. 2015 – 1000 dams and counting 
• O’Hanley 2011 – Open rivers: Barrier removal planning and the restoration of free-flowing rivers 
• Poff & Hart 2002 – How dams vary and why it matters for the emerging science of dam removal 
• Provencher et al. 2008 – Does small dam removal affect local property values: An empirical analysis 
• Raabe & Hightower 2014 – Assessing distribution of migratory fishes and connectivity following complete and partial dam removals in a North Carolina River 
• Ravot et al. 2019 – Large dam removal and early spontaneous riparian vegetation recruitment on alluvium in a former reservoir: Lessons learned from the pre removal phase of the Sélune River project (France) 
• Renofalt et al. 2013 – Long-term taxon-specific responses of macroinvertebrates to dam removal in a mid-sized Swedish stream 
• Rubin et al. 2017 – Increased sediment load during a large-scale dam removal changes near shore subtidal communities 
• Schmitz et al. 2009 – Using historic aerial photography and paleohydrologic techniques to assess long-term ecological response to two Montana dam removals 
• Sneddon et al. 2017 – Dam removals and river restoration in international perspective 
• Stanley & Doyle 2003 – Trading off: The ecological effects of dam removal 
• Sullivan et al. 2019 – Partial dam removal restores passage for a threatened salmonid 
• Sun et al. 2021 – Rapid response of fish and aquatic habitat to removal of a tidal barrier 
• Sun et al. 2022 – Fish community and abundance response to improved connectivity and more natural hydromorphology in a post-industrial subcatchment 
• Tonitto & Riha 2016 – Planning and implementing small dam removals: Lessons learned from dam removals across the eastern United States 
• Tonra et al. 2015 – The rapid return of marine-derived nutrients to a freshwater food web following dam removal 
• Tullos et al. 2016 – Synthesis of common management concerns associated with dam removal 
• Turner et al. 2018 – Evaluating the effect of dam removals on yellow-phase American eel abundance in a Northeastern U.S. watershed 
• United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service 2017 – Liberated Rivers: Lessons from 40 years of dam removal 
• Watson et al. 2018 – Dam removal and fish passage improvement influence fish assemblages in the Penobscot River, Maine 
• Wildman & MacBroom 2010 – A broad level classification system for dam removals 
• Wildman & MacBroom 2005 – The evolution of gravel bed channels after dam removal: Case study of the Anaconda and Union City Dam removals 
• Whitelaw & MacMullan 2002 – A framework for estimating the costs and benefits of dam removal 
• Wood et al. 2018 – Genetic assignment of brook trout reveals rapid success of culvert restoration in headwater streams 
• Young & Ishiga 2014 – Environmental change of the fluvial-estuary system in relation to Arase Dam removal of the Yatsushiro tidal flat, SW Kyushu, Japan 

• Brewitt 2019 – Same river twice: The politics of dam removal and river restoration. Oregon State University Press.
• Brierley 2020 – Finding the voice of a river: Beyond restoration and management. Palgrave Pivot Cham.
• Graf 2002 – Dam removal research: Status and prospects.
• Graff and Evans 2013 – The challenges of dam removal and river restoration. Geological Society of America. 
• Hawley 2012 – Recovering a lost river: Removing dams, rewilding salmon, revitalizing communities. Beacon Press.
• Morandi et al. 2021 – River Restoration – Political, Social and Economic Perspectives.
• The Heinz Center 2002 – Dam removal: Science and decision making.
• Wildman 2013 – Dam removal: A history of decision points.

• Altreconomia 2023 – From France to Spain who are the activists who “liberate” the rivers (in Italian)
• Altreconomia 2023 – Free Rivers of Europe The struggles to remove dams and weirs (in Italian)
• The Defender 2022 – Damn the Dams: Record Number of Dams Removed From Europe’s Rivers in 2021
• The Guardian 2022 – Record number of dams removed from Europe’s rivers in 2021
• The Guardian 2022 – Weir today, gone tomorrow: work starts to free Cumbrian river
• El País 2022 – Ríos imposibles: las 171.000 barreras que rompen el curso de agua en España (in Spanish)
• La Vanguardia 2022 – España lidera la lista europea de demolición de presas, represas y azudes que alteran los ríos(in Spanish)
• zmeScience 2022 – At least 239 dams were removed from European rivers in 2021
• Jornal de Notícias 2022 – Portugal apenas removeu uma das 17 barragens obsoletas identificadas (in Portuguese)
• Wyborcza 2022-  Na europejskich rzekach w rok rozebrano 239 tam i innych barier. Na co czeka Polska? (in Polish)
• Lifegate 2022 – Rimosso in Europa un numero record di dighe per riaprire le rotte dei pesci (in Italian)
• L’Adn 2022 – Ils détruisent des barrages désaffectés pour que les rivières coulent à nouveau (in French)
• World’s Best News 2022 – Europa fjerner livsfarlige forhindringer for fisk (in Danish)
• Balkans Green Energy News 2022 – Over 200 dams removed across Europe in 2021
• Euronews 2022 – Why is a record-breaking year of dam removals good news for Europe’s wildlife?
• The Revelator 2022 – Europe’s Surprising Record of Dam Removals
• NPR 2020 – ‘One Of The Best Nature Shows’: A River Transformed After Dams Come Down
• Wxpr Radio 2019 – Worth the pain? Twenty years after Merrill Lake drained, State remains a leader in dam removal
• International Rivers 2019 – The Long Road to River Recovery
• El País 2018 – The Spanish valley that time forgot
• International Rivers 2018 – Dam Removal: Learning from the Pros
• The Revelator 2018 – Four exciting dam-removal projects to watch
• Es el agua 2017 – Considerations of interest for the decommissioning of dams (in Spanish)