Success in the Yakima River Basin in Washington holds lessons for the seven states at war over water in the American West.
Tag: Rivers
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Does This Fisherman Have the Right to Be in a Billionaire’s Backyard?
A fight along Colorado’s waterways pits an alliance of white-water rafters and amateur anglers against some of the nation’s wealthiest landowners, bruising the image of a sportsman’s paradise.
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A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids
A new study confirms a long-held theory that builders used the river to transport the heavy blocks that comprise the ancient wonders.
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Low Water Levels Disrupt European River Cruises, a Favorite of U.S. Tourists
As the continent faces a severe drought, companies have had to use buses to transport passengers along parts of the Rhine and the Danube, where water levels have become too low for riverboats.
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Europe’s Drought Reveals WWII Relics and Bombs in Danube River
The Danube River is running so low on water that the wreckage of German battleships, sunk in 1944, has resurfaced, posing a danger to local ship traffic.