AFS states that the Paper describes the potential impacts of the loss of Clean Water Act protections for headwaters including implications for fish, wildlife and their habitats (including economies ...

For nearly 15 years, I have explored the headwaters of a river near my home. The entire drainage area, encompassing all the streams, rainfall and snowmelt that pass into a single river, is called a ...

Working at 52 sites in 31 municipalities within the 470-square-mile watershed region, the volunteers removed more than 12 tons of trash. For its efforts, Raritan Headwaters was given an honorable ...

These headwater streams, according to the study, are very productive areas for salamanders and Semlitsch advocates the protection of these ecosystems. "The final 'take-home' message of our study is ...

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration made it harder Tuesday for nonpermanent streams and nearby wetlands to be protected under the federal Clean Water Act. The new guidance issued by the Environmental ...

Small streams make up 70-80 percent of the total channel length of river networks, and they strongly influence downstream portions these networks. The role small streams -- known as headstreams -- ...

BEDMINSTER – Hundreds of small rivers, streams, creeks and brooks meander through Hunterdon, Somerset and Morris counties’ mostly rural landscapes, eventually joining to form the North and South ...

BOISE, Idaho — There are pretty obvious results of wildfires across Idaho and the Northwest, burn scars are maybe the easiest tell. Other impacts are not really visible to the human eye. Austin ...

Raritan Headwaters organized 1,347 volunteers in April 2016 for a cleanup of the North and South Branches of the Raritan River and their tributary streams. (courtesy photo) BEDMINSTER - Raritan ...