A spare, moss-tinged wall arches over a quiet pool—a leftover from California’s earliest attempt to tame a river. Built in the early 1800s, the mission relied on this dam when drought threatened ...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a $4 billion megaproject funded entirely by Ethiopian citizens through taxes, bonds, and donations, and it is now on the verge of full operation. But as its ...

All but one were built by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Mitchell described them as "sleeping giants." They aren't as obvious and identifiable as structures like the Olmos Dam or Canyon ...