 The federal government owns a few big, flashy dams you may have heard of, but Lori Sproggins, who heads the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, reminds us... Not all dams are Hoover Dam. Over 90,000 in the U.S. aren't Hoover Dam, and most of them are privately owned by energy companies, farmers, even the Boy Scouts of America own dams. So a lot of people who don't have the skill set to know how to take care of the dam...