More Rivers & Streams News

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  Steel Chips Promising New Stormwater Treatment for E. Coli Removal

  Trials of steel chips from industrial waste show that they effectively remove E. coli...

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  From Butterflies to Birds: Five Rivers MetroParks Fauna Get Thorough Environmental Monitoring

  Butterflies, deer, turtles, salamanders, frogs, fish and birds are some of the many species...

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  Seeing The Forest And The Trees: Five Rivers MetroParks Areas Are Rich With Environmental Monitoring Opportunities

  Five Rivers MetroParks boast a variety of habitats for the benefit of wild plants...

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  Low Clarity Levels, But No Lack of Progress, for Lake Tahoe

  Low clarity levels from 2017 caused by record drought and then record rains and...

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  Chicago River’s Wild Island: Bringing Back Healthy Waters

  Scientists are creating a “wild mile” in the Chicago River, restoring the water quality...

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  Working With Natural Processes—and Beavers—to Improve Water Quality

  Researchers have found that beavers building dams in a natural landscape improve water quality...

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  Cleaning Up the Charles River, Inspired By Nature

  Over time, the Charles River Watershed Association has used good science and careful monitoring...

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  Small Amounts of Water Enable Juvenile Salmon to Survive

  Recent research reveals that a small amount of water added to certain streams can...

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  Hoosier Riverwatch Recruiting More Citizen Scientists

  The Hoosier Riverwatch Program is training more volunteers to monitor local waterways and share...

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  Microplastic Pollutants in Passaic and Raritan Rivers

  A team has detected hundreds of microplastic compounds in two urban rivers, taking an...

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  Eel Excitement: At Hudson River NERR, Environmental Monitoring Takes A Slippery Turn

  New York’s Hudson River NERR participates in typical SWMP monitoring, but it also does...

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  Meet The Stream Team: MVUUF Citizen Scientists Keep A Watchful Eye on Dayton’s Wolf Creek

  Volunteers of the MVUUF Stream Team have been monitoring Wolf Creek water quality, habitat...