A watershed is an area of land where all surface water and groundwater drain to a common place like a stream, river, wetland, bay, or lake. No matter where you live, you are in a watershed. And what ...

A healthy watershed is like a silent guardian for everyone, everywhere – protecting water quality, nurturing wildlife, and buffering communities from environmental extremes. Photo by Bethany O’Hagan A ...

You have probably heard or read the term “watershed” before, we all live in one — no matter where in the world we live. But, do you know what a watershed really is? According to the National Oceanic ...

Learn about the challenges facing our watersheds and what we can do to protect them. Without water, our world would look very different; without the watersheds which capture, coalesce, move, and ...

Nearly three years after the Cameron Peak Fire devastated more than 208,000 acres in Larimer County, northern Coloradans are coming together to try and heal the land while protecting the critical ...

Check out our Watershed Watch series for more stories. In the beginning, Cathy Heckler didn’t know what, exactly, was swimming around in the creek. “When we first saw it, we were wondering, ‘What the ...

In 1869, a man named John Wesley Powell made a legendary journey down the Green and Colorado rivers. Powell, a soldier, abolitionist and geologist, was awed by the power of the water he saw and the ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Over the span of two decades, the Cedar Valley community has embraced urban conservation efforts on their properties and in their public spaces in an effort ...

The Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River) is a culturally important river to the Cowichan Tribes, located on traditional ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Many people think that with all the rain we received in August and September our watershed would be nearly full, or fuller than it actually is. Here's what our current ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — A new study from the University of Minnesota suggests that household fertilizer and pet waste are the major sources of nutrients polluting Twin Cities lakes, streams and rivers.