An aerial view of a river surrounded by trees (Brian Beckwith/Unsplash via Courthouse News) (CN) — Inland waters like rivers, lakes, streams and reservoirs need oxygen to survive, just like we do, but ...

Reliable access to clean drinking water is essential when you're miles from the nearest trailhead or paddling along a remote river. While clear streams and alpine lakes might look pristine, they can ...

Creek Week is an annual regional commemoration of water and environmental stewardship. Various events will be taking place ...

A strange type of stream that isn't protected from pollution by law could impact water quality across the country. These rivers, called ephemeral streams, only flow after rainfall or snowmelt. Last ...

SALE RIGHT NOW. SALT COVERED SIDEWALKS AND STREETS DURING THE WINTER HERE IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. BUT TOO MUCH SALT IS TOXIC FOR OUR WATERWAYS, METEOROLOGIST MOLLY BERNARD LOOKS INTO HOW USING LESS ...

The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in response to weather events -- called ephemeral streams -- do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. New research suggests ...

Work recently wrapped up on a $500,000 construction project in Oconomowoc to improve an unnamed stream, locally known as Cottonwood Creek. The Oconomowoc Watershed Protection Program kicked off the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Urban Design Project in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning is co-sponsoring a conference, "State of the Waters: A Conference on Buffalo's Lakes, Rivers ...

When our analysis showed that what Westerners call a “hill” would generally qualify as a “mountain” in the rest of the country, many of you pleaded with us to do the same thing for water. Let’s see ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources released a draft version of its 2026 biennial integrated report Tuesday, which listed more than 700 segments of rivers, lakes or wetlands in the state as ...

Scientists have unlocked the mysteries behind nine rivers and lakes in North and South America that seem to "defy the rules of hydrology." In a paper published in Water Resource Research, researchers ...