Millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements are helping one particularly hard-hit Hampton neighborhood cope with the effects of climate change. In the lead-up to the project’s completion, Gentian Road resident Tom Bassett saw bacteria-contaminated floodwater fill his yard, lap against his home, and pool in the street dozens of times each year during particularly high […]
Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis said investing in the river is important to the city because it allows people of all backgrounds and means to recreate.
As the Mendenhall River swells with glacial outburst floodwater, hundreds of people living in the suburban valley below spent Tuesday night and Wednesday preparing to evacuate or hunker down. The National Weather Service predicts the flood will crest Thursday. Officials managing the flood response recommended residents evacuate by 3 p.m. On Marion Drive, Ann Lind […]
I’ve spent the majority of my career managing water on the Snake River in Idaho, and I can tell you plainly: This year is different. According to the most recent calculations by the Idaho Department of Water Resources, the amount of water needed across southern Idaho to feed crops this past spring ran at nearly […]
The timing of the release of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s report on groundwater availability last month was suspicious, given that it was completed in January but not made available to lawmakers or the public until several months after the General Assembly’s legislative session. The science presented in the report is impressive, while its […]
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The Great Falls Police department announced the Missouri River was closed between the Broadwater Bay boat ramp to Black Eagle Dam due to dangerous river conditions.
Opinion:Â The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has taken the Park Service to court to require it to use the best available science and stop the pointless slaughter of our national mammal.
No resource is more critical to our state’s future than water. Our agricultural industry relies on it. So does our oil and gas industry. And all Oklahomans need it for drinking, cooking and bathing. Yet the state agency entrusted with ensuring that our water resources are being managed appropriately is dispatching a clear SOS that […]
Low water levels on Lake Sakakawea mean boat ramps that have been submerged for nearly 20 years will likely be needed to access the reservoir next year. A lack of snowfall in the Rocky Mountains led to decreased runoff into the Missouri River basin in the spring and low water levels on Lake Sakakawea all […]
(The Center Square) – Two state senators are asking Gov. Abigail Spanberger to call a special session of the General Assembly after a newly released state report found groundwater supplies in eastern Virginia may not support major new withdrawals under current regulations.
