The river system provides water to 40 million people. The Colorado River, one of the most important river systems in the country, is drying up at an alarming rate. The issues surrounding depleting ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are withdrawing from their plan to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Columbia River system. The withdrawal ...

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 ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...