watersheds News

California American Water announced today the recipients of its 2013 Environmental Grant Program. Two watershed restoration projects located within its California service areas will be supported by grants totaling $10,000. This year, 2 applicants were selected by a panel of judges. Projects were ...

 The Association of American Railroads (AAR) last night named CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) employee Rick McNey the winner of its annual John H. Chafee Environmental Excellence Award for outstanding environmental awareness and responsibility. "Rick and his team have demonstrated a steadfast commitment to environmental awareness, protection and ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, the U.S. Forest Service, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and Summit County, today announced plans to address legacy mining contamination at the Pennsylvania Mine site, located near Montezuma, Colorado. The ...

 The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is leading a community cleanup of an urban wetland situated inside the Washington DC beltway. The Foundation's headquarters lie within a small wetland in Landover, MD that drains to the Chesapeake Bay. Cleaning up at the source of pollution is the first step toward a healthier ocean, the main purpose ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Transportation, and Urban Development, Army Corp of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control, along with other federal partners, are expanding an effort to revitalize urban waterways to ...

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced that the Western Lake Erie Basin is one of 11 new locations selected for revitalization efforts by the Urban Waters Federal Partnership. First launched in 2011, the Urban Waters Federal Partnership ...

Forest management could help adaptation to climate change through its effects on water supply. A long-term US-based study has analysed the impact of forested land use changes on water flow into streams and rivers. It indicated that converting forests from deciduous to pine trees could help water storage in extreme wet conditions, but may be ...

 The Bristol Bay, Alaska commercial salmon fishery is the world's most valuable wild salmon fishery and in total produces an astounding annual value of $1.5 billion, according to a new report, "The Economic Importance of the Bristol Bay Salmon Industry." The fishery supports a significant number of jobs in the four West Coast states, Alaska, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today approved Pennsylvania’s 2012 final list of impaired waters. The list is part of a bi-annual monitoring and assessment report characterizing the condition of Pennsylvania’s surface waters. The 2012 list submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) contains ...