Road de-icing salts accumulate in streams, wetlands and lakes. They can stay in ecosystems for years or decades.

Reliable access to clean drinking water is essential when you're miles from the nearest trailhead or paddling along a remote river. While clear streams and alpine lakes might look pristine, they can ...

A strange type of stream that isn't protected from pollution by law could impact water quality across the country. These rivers, called ephemeral streams, only flow after rainfall or snowmelt. Last ...

An aerial view of a river surrounded by trees (Brian Beckwith/Unsplash via Courthouse News) (CN) — Inland waters like rivers, lakes, streams and reservoirs need oxygen to survive, just like we do, but ...

Often overlooked and barely visible, zooplankton play a quiet but crucial role in helping freshwater ecosystems survive ...

SALE RIGHT NOW. SALT COVERED SIDEWALKS AND STREETS DURING THE WINTER HERE IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. BUT TOO MUCH SALT IS TOXIC FOR OUR WATERWAYS, METEOROLOGIST MOLLY BERNARD LOOKS INTO HOW USING LESS ...

The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in response to weather events -- called ephemeral streams -- do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. New research suggests ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - State environmental officials announced on Friday that 13 projects will get funding to address threats from aquatic invasive species like hydrilla and zebra mussels. The ...

PITCHER, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Despite some winter-like weather throughout the Southern Tier on Wednesday morning, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is working to prepare waterways ...

Work recently wrapped up on a $500,000 construction project in Oconomowoc to improve an unnamed stream, locally known as Cottonwood Creek. The Oconomowoc Watershed Protection Program kicked off the ...