Sevenson Environmental
New York’s Buffalo River has a legacy of industrial contamination, like a lot of other Great Lakes rivers and harbors. But its past of sustaining large influxes of industrial effluent has netted it the distinction of being named a Great […]
Read More →Northern Resource Consulting
The Snake River flows through parts of Washington and Idaho and is an important lane for transportation and shipping goods in the Pacific Northwest. But, over time, its value is impacted by sediment buildup that slows transportation down. The U.S. […]
Read More →U.S. Geological Survey
Following survey responses indicating that 10 percent of beachgoers felt sick after swimming in the Great Lakes region, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey decided to increase monitoring efforts for fecal bacteria, or E. Coli. Instead of continuing to rely […]
Read More →Lake Sunapee Protective Association
New Hampshire’s Lake Sunapee is a beautiful, clean water body. It features many islands, peninsulas and beaches that attract visitors to it year round. But keeping it in good shape takes work. Just ask any volunteer with the Lake Sunapee […]
Read More →Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory
Sanibel and Captiva Islands sit near the Gulf Coast in Southwest Florida and are some of the last stops for water flowing from Lake Okeechobee through the Caloosahatchee River and to the Gulf of Mexico. The region has dealt with […]
Read More →Niagara Region Public Health
Canada’s Niagara Region in the province of Ontario is home to a lot of people, and many of them use at least one of the 25 beaches there. That puts a lot of responsibility on Niagara Region Public Health to […]
Read More →Grand Valley State University
In 1985, Muskegon Lake was designated an Area of Concern by the U.S. EPA because of water quality and habitat problems associated with pollution discharged into its waters. The water body, which sits between the eastern shore of Lake Michigan […]
Read More →Friends of the Lake
Connecticut’s second largest lake, Lake Lillinonah, is a eutrophic water body that has been suffering from algal blooms in recent years. What’s more, it has a troubling pollution problem that includes everything from refrigerators to propane tanks to entire cars. […]
Read More →SUNY New Paltz
A small campus pond on the New Paltz branch of the State University of New York has a big effect on water quality downstream. Called “The Gunk” by students and staff because of its position near the Shawangunk Mountains, the pond […]
Read More →Bates College
Maine’s Lake Auburn has experienced an uptick in recent years of algal blooms that have contributed to anoxic events and fish kills. And while the effects of those blooms have been visible, what isn’t so clear is their cause. To […]
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