Have you ever heard of an area described as being “riparian?” What does this term mean and what do these areas have to do with water quality and ecosystem health? Made up of streambanks, ...

The Nolichucky Outdoor Recreation Association (NORA) hosted a community event in Erwin on Monday that educated area residents ...

Conservation buffers are strips of land, often planted with native perennials, strategically placed among and around row crops. They have the potential to improve farm productivity, protect vital ...

Two seasons of beaver censuses will help direct riparian area restoration, with Thompson Creek and Fourmile Creek highlighted as high-potential sites. Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and Streams ...

The groundwater level has run dry in one of the court-ordered monitoring wells that protect federal water rights for the San ...

The banks of a previously degraded one-mile stretch of Rifle Creek are now thick with willows and cottonwoods, and have signs that deer, elk and beavers are once again frequent visitors. This summer ...

In March this year, the Supreme Court directed all state governments to set up district-level committees to identify “deemed forests”—areas with forest-like characteristics that are not officially ...

Experts expect burned-over sections of Clark County Wetlands Park to bounce back quickly after a series of fires blackened about 150 acres of riparian vegetation in or near the 2,900-acre park. The ...