FEATURE: A conversation with environmental lawyer Karrigan Börk Water diversions can harm aquatic ecosystems, riparian habitat, and beaches fed by...
Lethal cyanobacteria are creeping into rivers—no one knows exactly why
Researcher Hannah Bonner conducts a visual monitoring survey of benthic cyanobacteria in North Creek, a tributary of Utah’s Virgin River....
Colorado to shield thousands of acres of wetlands, miles of streams after U.S. Supreme Court left them vulnerable
The Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, located in the San Luis Valley, is about 15 square miles in area. (Olivia Sun,...
The Long Life and Sudden Demise of Federal Wetlands Protection
Here’s a timeline of events. It’s no wonder that one EPA staffer’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling was a single word:...
Oakland’s creeks once flowed free from the hills to the Bay. What’s their future?
Photo: Sausal Creek overflowing its banks during a rainstrom in 2022. Credit: Daniel Danzig It’s hard to tell now, but...