It’s a sunny cool morning at New Hope Bottomlands Trail in Durham in early November. A diverse group of about 20 volunteers ranging from a retired couple to a Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill meets in ...

The Ohio River stretches 981 miles from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, and provides drinking water for millions of people. Lawmakers from communities along the Ohio River have introduced a bill in ...

North American river otters eat, play and defecate in the same place. And their unhealthy habits make them ideal for detecting future health threats in the environment. Kristen Goodhue A North ...

The Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, left, stretches below the Cape Horn lookout on Tuesday morning. Western Washington’s rainy weather doesn’t eliminate wildfire risk. (Amanda Cowan/The ...

The window is closing fast to secure the Colorado River's future "and move beyond crisis-driven policymaking," says a coalition of seven Western environmental groups. Two other environmental groups ...

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The James River continues to make steady progress, but experts say keeping it healthy will require renewed investment and community action. A new report from the James River ...

Columbia River salmon recovery programs fared better in the 2026 federal budget than tribes, advocates, bureaucrats and biologists feared.

Offering a window into the five paths it will consider for the Colorado River, the Bureau of Reclamation released a road map to a seven-state deal. The agency released five alternatives to consider ...