# #112, Ryan Smith, Rethinking Dam Operations

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Podcast: [Talk+Water](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863)
Published: 2026-06-27T19:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Ryan Smith, Director of Water and Science for The Nature Conservancy in Texas, about the Sustainable Rivers Program and its work to improve river health through changes in dam operations. Ryan is a freshwater ecologist with more than 25 years of professional experience in freshwater conservation. He leads a team implem...

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