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Barge Hits Sunken Warship Replica in La.

A towboat ran into the sunken wreckage of a replica 17th-century warship in the Mississippi River, forcing the Coast Guard to shut down a 10-mile stretch of the river.

Mexico Opens Canal Blocked by Landslide

Mexican authorities on Tuesday cautiously opened a canal through an enormous landslide that blocked a major river in southern Mexico in November and swept away and entire community.

Delaware River Dispute at Supreme Court

Delaware and New Jersey squared off in the Supreme Court Tuesday over which state gets to decide whether a liquefied natural gas terminal gets built on the Delaware River.

Whale Found Deep in Brazil Rain Forest

An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday. Globo television broadcast images of dozens of people gathered along the Tapajos River splashing water on the animal, whose back and dorsal fin were exposed to the hot Amazon sun. Sea creatures rarely venture so far into fresh water.

Pollution Turns China River Dark Red

Industrial discharge and household wastewater have polluted a northern Chinese river so badly that the water is dark red in some sections and has caused chronic illnesses among villagers, a government publication reported.

Arsenic Leaks Into Southern China River

A chemical plant leaked arsenic into a river in southern China that supplies water to at least 20,000 people, a human rights group said late Sunday.

Scientists Say Snowy River Flowing Again

A sparkling subterranean crystalline calcite formation known as Snowy River is no longer a dry riverbed. Scientists say Snowy River, discovered in 2001, is now running with between a half-foot to a foot-and-a-half of water.

500-Pound Man Rescued After River Ordeal

A 500-pound man injured while tubing down a shallow stretch of the St. Croix River was pulled to safety Tuesday by dozens of rescue workers who spent hours carrying him to a navigable part of the waterway.

Marine's Body Recovered From Ill. River

The body of a 23-year-old Marine was recovered from the Kankakee River Tuesday morning, two days after he disappeared while trying to save his 4-year-old nephew, authorities said.

Michigan's Rouge River Returns to Health

For years, the Rouge River was among the nation's dirtiest waterways, little more than a dumping ground in the shadow of the massive Ford industrial complex that churned out cars from Model As to Mustangs.

Water Supplies to 28,000 Chinese Suspended

Toxic wastewater was flushed untreated into a river in southern China, prompting the government to cut water supplies to 28,000 people for at least four days, a local official and a Chinese newspaper said Monday.

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Source: aikenstandard.com

Washington Savannah River Company officials are still puzzled as to how a shipping container that once held radioactive material managed to turn up at a Columbia scrap yard last month. The 32-gallon drum – which had previously contained tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen  …

Otters in the river!

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

More river news.

Is Nuclear Waste Seeping From Hanaford Waste Site To The Columbia River?

Source: Science Daily

Millions of gallons of hazardous waste resulting from the nation's nuclear weapons program lie in a remote location in southeastern Washington state called Hanford.

FRB & Vanderbilt Muscular Dystrophy Clinic.

On November 2, 2007 members of the Flat River Band, Chad, Andy, and Dennijo Sitze entertain the patients at the Vanderbilt Muscular Dystrophy Clinic. This clinic is recognized officially as an ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) clinic.

Explosives Aid Wetland Restoration in Oregon

Oregon Boom View a video of the explosion! First come the blasts: The thunderous sounds of more than 100 tons of explosives ripping through tightly packed soil. Then, the water — more than 2,500 acres flooded.

Major Explosions to Restore Wetlands in Oregon's Klamath Basin

Source: PRWeb

Today, The Nature Conservancy and partners will detonate approximately two miles of levees to restore wetlands at the Conservancy's 7,400 acre Williamson River Delta Preserve in southern Oregon.

Blasting levees part of effort to revive Oregon lake

Source: USA Today

A national conservation group plans to blow up 2 miles of levees Tuesday on Oregon's Upper Klamath Lake in an unprecedented move to improve wildlife habitat, water storage and water quality downstream.

DuPont Pledges $250,000 to Nature Conservancy for Water Quality Initiative

Source: CNN

DuPont today announced a pledge of $250,000 to The Nature Conservancy in an effort to improve water quality in vital Midwestern watersheds and to further reduce excess nutrient runoff from agricultural fields.

Dolphin in the River Adur

Source: Shoreham Herald

A dolphin nicknamed Georges by marine conservationists, spent a day frolicking in the River Adur while searching for a mate.

Logs in bay might help fish

Source: The Seattle Times

Calling it a "big science experiment," The Nature Conservancy hopes the addition of large woody debris in the Stillaguamish River estuary will provide needed benefits for juvenile salmon.

Fred Thompson said Saturday he is in a sound position ...

Nashville based, Indie artist , Flat River Band have released campaign / rally song for the Republican party. " Marching To The White House With Fred". Priscilla Woods wrote this song.

Podcast in the works...

The Flat River band is currently working with a Nashville based entertainment company to help launch the first pod cast. The show will be airing the first week of September. The weekly pod cast will be titled "Five Minutes With the Flat River Band" The Journey.

[Video] Security Camera Footage Catches Bridge Collapse

Source: liveleak.com

Security Camera Footage Catches Bridge Collapse Marked as: Featured Emergency workers in Minneapolis have shifted their focus from searching for survivors to trying to recover the bodies after a major bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush-hour traffic on Wedn …

Giant Jumping Fish Striking People At Record Pace In Stretch Of Water

Source: local6.com

....Boaters and other watercraft riders are being hit and injured by giant jumping sturgeons at record pace within a 40-mile stretch of water in Florida. "People and sturgeons are colliding," ...

Border fence seen harming ocelots, butterflies

Source: Reuters

The riot of green vegetation that lines both sides of the Rio Grande river along the southeast Texas and Mexican border can give a canoeist the impression of gliding past unbroken wilderness.

Unlikely Allies Battle Deforestation in the Amazon

Source: NPR

In Brazil, a rich carpet of green rolled over the Amazon River city of Santarem thirty years ago, a vibrant virgin forest.

Rotting bodies spoil Baghdad's taste for river fish

Source: alertnet.org

Scores of corpses turn up every week in Baghdad, victims of unrelenting violence between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs that is pushing Iraq to the brink of all-out civil war.

Construction of border fence may jeopardize unique Rio Grande wildlife habitat

Source: The Austin American-Statesman

In deepest South Texas, a geographic quirk causes desert, coastal and subtropical influences to converge in an ecologically spectacular riverfront landscape found nowhere else on the continent.

$5M land deal aims to protect waterway

Source: Welcome to StarNet

The Nature Conservancy and the federal government are buying development rights to a ranch along a key tributary to the San Pedro River. The hope is that the purchase of a combined 1,410 acres of conservation easements for more than $5 million on the Babacomari Ranch in four sep …

Travel Along Yang'zi River(the third longgest river in the world), China

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Travel Along Yang'zi River(the third longgest river in the world), China

Is This The World's Most Polluted River?

Source: the Mail online

It was once a gently flowing river, where fishermen cast their nets, sea birds came to feed and natural beauty left visitors spellbound. Villagers collected water for their simple homes and rice paddies thrived on its irrigation channels.

Discovery could save threatened Soft-shell turtle from extinction!

Source: conservation.org

Nesting ground found in Cambodia for rare endangered giant freshwater turtle which can strike faster than a cobra

Skywalkers in Korea cross Han solo

Source: Yahoo! News

SEOUL, South Korea - They came from all over the world, poles in hand, and feet ready to inch more than half a mile across a high wire strung over the Han River in a spine-tingling battle of balance, speed and high anxiety.

Flooding Closes Sections Of Bronx River Parkway

Source: CNET News.com

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Heavy rain flooded parts of a parkway in the New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, less than two weeks after a massive nor'easter deluged some areas that were still cleaning up.

Boats on the River

Source: picable.com

London River sailing water

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