Supporters of WOTUS say it is meant to protect the benefits of water for all people of the United States to enjoy, not just ...

Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest – are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline ...

When the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) needs to move over 1,000 trucks, trailers, and tons of equipment for a large ...

Ever since the Clean Water Act (CWA) became law in 1972, to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological ...

One of America’s great early engineering achievements, the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 and ensured New York City’s place as the economic capital of the country. Here are 14 facts you ...

For centuries, navigable waters were identified as waterways used for commerce, such as floating logs or transporting furs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department ...

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The Flint is a public river, after all, and Stamps had put in at a well-marked public boat launch just a mile upstream. Stamps had floated and fished other rivers in Georgia, where the riverbeds of ...