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Safety of two Rock River dams in Rock Island County under state review
State Sen. Mike Halpin secured funding for the Illinois DNR to study the dams and help decide their future. The project faced ...
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Funding uncertainty, river droughts and 120-year-old infrastructure: Hickenlooper hears Western Slope water woes in his visit to Garfield County
Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper stood right beside the flowing Colorado River as he responded to concerns about its future from water conservation leaders on the Western Slope. The senator’s Tuesday ...
Conservation group names Mississippi River ‘most endangered,’ cites proposed FEMA cuts
A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the ...
Mississippi River named most endangered in U.S. Why water quality is not the issue.
The list calls attention to the threats rivers face and prioritizes those for which the public can influence policies that ...
Spokane Riverkeepers, EWU researcher find PFAS in Spokane River, other nearby waterways
PFAS have been detected in the Spokane River north of downtown. The dangerous chemical is at levels far below what is found in the ground water on the West Plains. But both the Spokane Riverkeeper and ...