Watersheds Articles

Northern Idaho's Yellowdog Creek, impaired for decades by eroding forest road sediment, is coming back to life thanks to the work of local partnership...

MillerCoors in partnership with River Network has kicked off an online grant competition to fund projects focused on water conservation, education and protection...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will invest in 73 watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts...

For the next 20 years, new mining claims will be banned on over a million acres of federal land in the Grand Canyon watershed, protecting it from the potential adverse effects of uranium and other hardrock mining...

Under a new settlement with the U.S. government and the District of Columbia, the Washington Gas Light Company has agreed to begin clean up of a polluted area along the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington...

Nearly $3.3 million in federal, state and local funding is aimed at restoring water quality and riparian and aquatic habitats in the Napa River watershed...

Archer Daniels Midland Company has donated $125,000 to Living Lands & Waters, a nonprofit organization that promotes the health and vitality of the nation's inland waterways...

The U.S. EPA announced $592,400 in funding for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative project in Huron Manistee National Forest...

At the Chesapeake Bay Program Executive Council Meeting in Richmond, Va., Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett spoke about the state's continuing efforts to improve the bay's health...

As the second week of the oil spill cleanup begins, EPA staff are optimistic about receding water levels in the Yellowstone River...