The health of fish and wildlife and the quality of the water they call home depend in large measure on the trees and shrubs that grow in riparian areas along streams and riverbanks. Although the task ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service for failing to protect riparian areas in New Mexico’s Sacramento ...

Ranchers here have worked to keep their animals in check, but other areas aren’t so fortunate. In recent years, environmentalists have documented hundreds of miles or waterways within the 5.2 million ...

TUCSON― Conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service reached an agreement today to protect meadows and streams in eastern Arizona’s White Mountains from cows and horses. The riparian areas are home ...

Development along the banks of the Roaring Fork River has damaged riparian areas so significantly that it’s led to water quality problems and the river is listed by the state as an impaired waterway ...

Riverbanks don’t get much press. They’re pretty, so you see pictures of them all the time, but typically the river itself is the focus of the picture with the banks just there to frame the shot.

EAGLE COUNTY — The Eagle River Watershed Council recently completed two riparian habitat restoration projects in collaboration with Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise. The Watershed Council worked with more ...

To compensate for the Rosemont Mine's potential impacts to the jaguar and other imperiled species, Rosemont Copper is proposing to protect and restore wetlands, seasonal ponds, riparian areas and ...

Photo credit: Steve Lawton <a href='http://www.crankhousemedia.co.nz' target='_self'>Crankhouse Media</a> Riparian areas, or waterway margins, are the strip of land ...

Two federal agencies have decided to maintain a grazing program that some of their own scientists say is flawed and not suitable in the critical habitat areas for certain endangered species. The ...

Sixty miles south of Tucson, in a mountainous region of the Coronado National Forest, a pristine stream cuts through a gulch, functioning as a healthy wetland should, as a refuge for the plants and ...