Tagged Stories: "rivers and streams"
Tributary Tuesday: Morgan Run (Eldersburg, Md.)
November 13, 2012Surrounded by 1,400 acres of natural space, Morgan Run offers wilderness not far from Baltimore or Washington, D.C.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Lost River (Hardy County, W.Va.)
October 30, 2012True to its name, West Virginia's "Lost River" disappears into a series of underground caves.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Lackawanna River Corridor Association (Lackawanna County, Pa.)
October 24, 2012This watershed group is cleaning up the mess that coal mining has left behind.
Read storyFewer incentives, boost in commodity prices mean decline in on-farm forest buffer restoration
October 4, 2012Streamside trees are critical to the Bay, but planting rates continue to drop.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Pierceville Run (York County, Pa.)
September 18, 2012The rare American bittern has been seen on the shores of this once-impaired tributary to the Susquehanna River.
Read storySediment reservoirs in lower Susquehanna reach capacity, deliver more pollutants into Bay
August 30, 2012Filling reservoirs behind three dams overshadow pollution reduction progress.
Read storyIntersex fish widespread in Potomac River basin
August 9, 2012Male smallmouth bass exhibit signs of chemical exposure, raising concerns about river health.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Happy Creek (Front Royal, Va.)
July 31, 2012Take Rte 66 west from D.C. for about an hour, and you’ll find yourself far from beltways & bypasses, near Happy Creek.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Back River Restoration Committee (Essex, Md.)
July 25, 2012One Baltimore organization has figured out what to do with trash in their local river: make art!
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Canisteo River (Hornell, Ny.)
July 17, 2012In the late 1700s, settlers arrived in the Canisteo watershed and cut down nearly 70 percent of the trees in the region.
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