recreation

The Many Benefits of Wetlands Conservation

Photo © KEN ARCHER By J. Dale James, Ph.D., and Ellen R. Herbert, Ph.D. Wetlands are among the most valuable…

6 years ago

California Court Finds Public Trust Doctrine Applies to State Groundwater Resources

Photo: Scott River, http://www.westernrivers.org/projectatlas/scott-river/ Court Rejects Claim That SGMA “Displaces” Public Trust’s Application to California Groundwater The California Court of…

6 years ago

The cataclysmic cost of Trump’s ‘war on oceans’

Photo illustration by Lesley Becker/Globe Staff/Adobe Stock This summer, 60 million Americans will head to the seaside to enjoy majestic…

6 years ago

How One Kid Stopped the Contamination of a River

Stella Bowles was 11 years old when she first donned her rubber boots to test for water contamination in the…

6 years ago

Warming drives spread of toxic algae in US, researchers say

SALEM, Oregon — The words blasted to cellphones around Oregon’s capital city were ominous: “Civil emergency. prepare for action.” Within…

7 years ago