DECATUR – Anyone driving across Lake Decatur on Lost Bridge Road can see the dredge working to remove sediment from the lake. Two smaller dredges are also being assembled in the Sand Creek area, near ...

LAHAINA — Retrofitting sediment basins, restoring historical loi terraces and repurposing flood plains are among several solutions the Army Corps of Engineers is considering to reduce sediment flowing ...

BAYOU PIGEON, LA (Louisiana First) — The Atchafalaya Basin puts millions of Louisiana residents at risk of losing everything when it floods, due in part to the constant buildup of sediment. The ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — The second and final phase of the Parkway Sediment Basin started just a few days ago in Flagstaff. This county project builds on the city of Flagstaff’s Spruce Wash flood ...

OAKLEY, Ill. (WAND) - A prescribed burn is being done at Oakley Sediment Basin Wednesday. Macon County residents may see thick, black smoke throughout the day coming from Oakley township as a ...

A new study of the Amazon River basin shows lowland rivers that carry large volumes of sediment meander more across floodplains and create more oxbow lakes than rivers that carry less sediment. A new ...

EAGLE COUNTY The sediment basins along Interstate 70 can do a pretty good job of preventing traction sand from polluting Black Gore Creek until they fill up, at least.Local environmental groups have ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Local leaders and residents of St. Martin Parish held a meeting at the Catahoula multipurpose building to discuss a new management plan aimed at protecting the ...

Caroline Fortunato (Biology) American University: Owen McDonough (Biology) College of William and Mary Urban sprawl places watersheds and associated streams and rivers under increased stress in terms ...

The focus of the research conference I attended last week was to revisit the mechanisms and processes that are responsible for getting terrigenous (i.e., continentally-derived) sediment from river ...