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Jim Fossum has served as River Alliance of Wisconsin’s hydroelectric relicensing consultant for 18 years. According to Jim, hydroelectric dams can have a profound impact on a river. Hydroelectric dams can make power. They can also disrupt a river’s flow, the path of traveling fish,... Read More
On December 15, 2021, River Alliance of Wisconsin, the Friends of the Baraboo River, and Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department presented a virtual screening of “Running Free: The Baraboo River Restoration Story.”Running Free is an inspiring look back at efforts to... Read More
December 15, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. The free event will include a Q&A with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Todd Ambs and Friends of the Baraboo River board member Joe VanBerkel.This film is supported in part by a grant from the Sauk County Extension... Read More
On October 2 we joined the Baraboo River community in celebrating the 20 year anniversary of the removal of the last dam on the Baraboo. There was so much pride and joy in the crowd that day. Paddlers enjoyed the free-flowing river, kids learned to fish, and young sturgeon were released... Read More
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 WaterWays newsletter. Download a PDF of the full Newsletter.River Alliance of Wisconsin has a long history with dams. In the organization’s early days River Alliance was a leader in dam removal in Wisconsin. Though this work is a smaller... Read More
