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Ejido Johnson, Mexico. In 1922, a few miles from this dusty farming village, a young forester named Aldo Leopold slipped his canoe into the lower Colorado River and quickly lost [...]

On bright days when the Clinch River in southwestern Virginia runs clear, you can see signs of rebirth strewn along its rocky bottom like so many black pearls. Braven Beaty, [...]

To appreciate the beauty of the Salton Sea you first have to look past some very big warts. Dennis Imhoff, state park ranger and booster for California's biggest inland lake, [...]

He was called El Diablo-'the devil'-and he pops into Dalila Guzman's head whenever she thinks about her 26 years as a laborer in Southern California's rose industry. The man was [...]

It is sometimes called America's 'lost island,' though truth be told, tiny Navassa was never so much missing as overlooked. For 500 years, most sea captains have tended to steer [...]

Focuses on the impact of different pollutants on wildlife ecosystems in the United States. Damage caused by diffuse pollution; Implementation of the Total Maximum Daily Load restoration program; Reason for the increase of algal bloom. INSET: NWF Priority: Safeguarding America's Watersheds.

Reports on the patch of lifeless water in the Gulf of Mexico known as the dead zone. Environmental consequences of runoff and hypoxia, oxygen depletion; Steps taken by authorities to remedy the situation; Findings from studies of the gulf's sediment. INSET: NWF Takes Action.

Reports that some communities in the United States are opting to move homeowners to higher ground, after years of repeatedly rebuilding houses. Identification of US states and territories with repetitive flood-damage claims; Criticisms against the National Flood Insurance Program.