Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The view over Iron Gate Dam outside Hornbook, Calif., in February, 2024. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy / Underscore News) The view ...

The effort aims to stop litter before it reaches the Lafayette River, where pollution has threatened the water for decades.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix A - Valuing River Ecosystem Services." National Research Council. 2007. River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -The Quad Cities is fortunate to live along 2,300 miles of opportunity. That’s what Living Lands & Waters calls the Mississippi River. These classrooms will help inform the ...

Fish, a gar and a catfish, both native to the Mississippi River swim in an aquarium at the Mississippi River Museum in Tunica, Mississippi on Feb, 7, 2025 (© Karen Pulfer Focht) The Hernando DeSoto ...

KODAK, Tenn. (WATE) — A new festival is coming to East Tennessee to celebrate one of the biggest supporters of river habitat health. Tennessee River Watershed Mussel Fest is set for May 17 from 10 a.m ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KUTV) — Repairs on a fish barrier aimed at protecting the natural ecosystem of the Virgin River was completed after about weeks of work and a $900,000 investment. The project was ...

Martha Cooper remembers seeing lightning setting water sheeting over the Gila River floodplain alight. She was living at the Nature Conservancy’s Gila River Preserve at the time, and experiencing one ...

Rising stream temperatures may be weakening the foundation of river food webs by altering how carbon moves through these ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Polluted rivers and lakes worldwide are host to a new and evolving population of microorganisms and bacteria that have made their home on plastic waste. This new trash-loving ...

Toxic runoff from rare earth mining threatens the Mekong River and local livelihoods in Thailand. The environmental crisis ...