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Rethinking Dam Safety: Why Probabilistic Breach Modeling Matters

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to finalize the listing of the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by early 2026. This change could introduce new regulatory requirements for vegetation management (via restrictions added to pesticide labels), maintenance, and construction activities—especially in areas like grasslands, meadows, utility corridors, and roadsides that support milkweed and nectar-producing plants.

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October 8, 2025

Rethinking Dam Safety: Why Probabilistic Breach Modeling Matters

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to finalize the listing of the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by early 2026. This change could introduce new regulatory requirements for vegetation management (via restrictions added to pesticide labels), maintenance, and construction activities—especially in areas like grasslands, meadows, utility corridors, and roadsides that support milkweed and nectar-producing plants.

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August 1, 2025

Rethinking Dam Safety: Why Probabilistic Breach Modeling Matters

As infrastructure ages and climate events grow more extreme, dam safety demands more than a one-size-fits-all approach. At Kleinschmidt, we're leading the shift to probabilistic breach modeling—an approach that simulates thousands of failure scenarios, not just one. This method helped East Bay Municipal Utility District uncover hidden vulnerabilities at Camanche Reservoir that traditional models missed, offering a more complete picture of risk.

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