Big win for mining as Senate votes to remove BWCA moratorium Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith held the Senate floor for hours arguing against the removal of the ban, but GOP senators were unmoved.

Congress Votes To Remove #Mining Moratorium On Boundary Waters #Watershed

Ana Radelat reports for @minnpost.bsky.social

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Blue and yellow graphic for Hunt River Watershed Workshop 2026

If you live in the #Narragansett Bay region, perhaps this workshop is for you? I'm offering it starting April 28. It's free! No requirement of previous knowledge, just a connection to the #HuntRiver #Watershed and an interest in developing new skills that protect and care for that #environment!

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Announcement for the Quarterly Watershed Planning Council Meeting focused on the Cal-Sag Channel Watershed, scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 6:00 PM, held at Willow Springs Community Center, 8156 Archer Ave, Willow Springs, with a map highlighting the watershed area and information on staying updated with MWRD projects and local stormwater issues.

Join us on Wednesday, April 22 at 6:00 p.m. for the 2026 Q2 Watershed Planning Council Meeting for the Cal-Sag Channel #Watershed.

Location:
Willow Springs Community Center
8156 Archer Ave, Willow Springs

Read more & join us:
mwrd.org/events/cal-s...

Learn more at mwrd.org/wpc

#MWRD #CookCounty

The #Senate vote to destroy America’s most visited wilderness could happen w/24hrs notice. House passed H.J. Res. 140 to wipe out 20yr mining ban protecting Boundary Waters #watershed in #Minnesota. 225K acres of Superior National #Forest, 1100 lakes. 1/3

Graphic for a quarterly Watershed Planning Council meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The featured watershed is the Little Calumet River (Q2). The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. and will be held as a virtual event. A map of Cook County highlights the Little Calumet River watershed in the southern area. Text encourages residents to stay updated on watershed projects, ordinance revisions, maintenance work, local stormwater issues, and interagency updates, with a link to mwrd.org/wpc.

Join us on Wednesday, April 15 at 9:00 a.m. for the 2026 Q2 Watershed Planning Council Meeting for the Little Calumet River Watershed.

Learn more and join the livestream:
https://mwrd.org/events/littlecal-wpc-q2

Visit mwrd.org/wpc.

#MWRD #CookCounty #watershed

Storylines of summer streamflow droughts in western Canadian watersheds: historical attribution and future projections In 2023 and 2024, southern British Columbia (BC), Canada experienced exceptionally low summer streamflow conditions, with historically low flows in 2023 in numerous river systems, including the Fraser and upper Columbia Rivers1. The impacts of the 2023 and 2024 streamflow droughts were felt across several sectors. Specifically, substantially below-average water inflows to the upper Columbia reservoir system from April 2023 to March 2024 resulted in substantially lower power generation and net import of electricity into BC2. The 2023 hydrological drought also severely depleted drinking-water reservoir systems, leading to water-use restrictions across the province, including in Metro Vancouver3. Furthermore, the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season in Canada has been partially attributed to prolonged drought and early snowmelt in western Canada4. Additionally, summer drought—combined with warmer air temperatures, reduced streamflow, and diminished cooling from snowmelt—has been linked to rising river temperatures and increasing stress on ecosystem health5,6. Although no formal analysis is available for the 2023 and 2024 drought events, increasing exposure of cold-water fish species, such as salmon and trout, to elevated summer river temperatures in the region has been associated with their high mortality rates7,8,9. Abnormally low streamflow, along with low levels in lakes, reservoirs, and groundwater—commonly referred to as hydrological...

Storylines of summer streamflow droughts in western Canadian watersheds: historical attribution and future projections
->Nature | More on "Western Canada summer streamflow droughts" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #Drought #Attribution #ClimateChange

Watershed group hopes its online games inspire young to act on climate change You might think teaching the next generation about climate change would require a visit to the forest or the ocean, but an environmental group is hoping to share some lessons through a new online game. The Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance recently launched two educational games with the learning platform development company Nanomonx. Vanessa Leclair, project leader for the Pedicodiac Watershed Alliance, said the games aim to teach children in Moncton and nearby communities how they can help fight climate change and reduce pollution. She said now more than ever people are noticing the effects of climate change. “People are asking … ‘Why is it so hot? Why are the rivers so low?’” In the games, students create eco-friendly neighbourhoods and learn how to make their own rain gardens, which absorb storm-water runoff from rooftops and driveways. Leclair hopes the games will inspire students to make a difference. "A lot of the time you can feel kind of helpless in climate change, like, 'What am I going to do on my own?' “It can give them a little bit more hope and certainty that what they're doing can actually make an impact.” The games are located on a platform called Troubadour, created...

Watershed group hopes its online games inspire young to act on climate change
->CBC | More on "Online games teaching climate action" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #ClimateChange

Sites – ANNUAL CHRISTINA RIVER CLEANUP Meeting Place: East end of F & N Shopping Center (near Wells Fargo).

Today's the day, Delaware! Pick a site near you and just show up. If you're heading to Churchmans Marsh, I'll see you there soon!

(If you're not in DE but anywhere near the Christiana River, check your state's orgs for clean-up sites and info.)

#EarthDay #CleanUp #Watershed #Rivers

They Poisoned This River Once. The Upper Pecos carries the highest water quality protection New Mexico can give. The last mine here killed 90,000 trout. The cleanup still isn't finished. The federal government just opened it to a f...

We need to save the Upper Pecos #Watershed, NM, again! 🏞 Fed Gov't didn't listen to voters (again): FLOOD DOUG BURGUM WITH CALLS + EMAILS!!! Right now, the protections end May 6th 😠😭
Contact: www.doi.gov/contact-us#n...

#Pecos #nationalparks #usfs #parks #publiclands #rivers #environment

Chief petitioners for Measure 20-373, being called the Watershed Bill of Rights, say they’re targeting pollution from corporations, governments, and businesses. While opponents say it could lead to many lawsuits for the county to navigate.

#LiveOnKVAL #LocalNews #Watershed

Quarterly Watershed Planning Council Meeting promotional graphic. At the top left is the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) water drop logo. Large blue text reads: “Watershed Planning Council Meeting.” Below, a blue circle with “Q2” inside is next to bold black text: “Upper Salt Creek and Poplar Creek Watersheds.” Underneath, icons and text display the event details: Calendar icon with “Wednesday, April 8, 2026” Clock icon with “10:30 AM” Map pin icon with “Virtual Event” To the right, there is a small map of northeastern Illinois highlighting the Poplar Creek and Upper Salt Creek watersheds in color, with other watersheds labeled in lighter shades. At the bottom, a blue banner reads: “Stay updated on MWRD projects in your watershed, revisions to the Watershed Management Ordinance, maintenance work, local stormwater issues and updates from other government agencies.” Website: mwrd.org/wpc

Join us on Wednesday, April 8 at 10:30 a.m. for the 2026 Q2 Watershed Planning Council Meeting for the Upper Salt Creek and Poplar Creek Watersheds.

Read more and join the livestream:
https://mwrd.org/events/poplar-usc-wpc-q2

Learn more at mwrd.org/wpc.

#MWRD #CookCounty #watershed

| Citizen Planet | Rural communities help preserve Nairobi's watersheds |
->YouTube | More on "Rural communities protecting Nairobi watersheds" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #Space #Planet

Comparative assessment of machine learning models for daily streamflow prediction in a subtropical monsoon watershed Flooding poses the greatest threat to human life among natural hazards, causing thousands of deaths, displacing millions of people, and resulting in economic losses exceeding $651 billion during the first two decades of the 21st century1. Accurate streamflow prediction is fundamental to water resources management, flood early warning, reservoir operation, and ecological flow protection2,3. Climate change and intensifying human activities, particularly reservoir operations that alter natural flow regimes, have increased the frequency and magnitude of high-flow hydrological events, underscoring the critical need for reliable forecasting tools to support disaster mitigation and sustainable water allocation4,5. This challenge is particularly acute in subtropical monsoon watersheds, which are characterized by high-intensity rainfall events, pronounced wet-dry seasonality, and complex streamflow generation mechanisms that complicate prediction efforts. Traditional streamflow forecasting approaches broadly fall into two categories: process-based hydrological models and data-driven machine learning methods. Process-based models simulate rainfall-streamflow processes through explicit representation of physical hydrological mechanisms, providing mechanistic understanding of watershed behavior6,7. However, these models typically require extensive input data that are often unavailable in data-scarce regions3. Moreover, process-based models frequently struggle to capture the highly nonlinear and nonstationary patterns inherent in hydrological time series, particularly in watersheds influenced by complex human interventions such as...

Comparative assessment of machine learning models for daily streamflow prediction in a subtropical monsoon watershed
->Nature | More on "Machine learning predicts flood streamflow" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #MachineLearning

crazy color filtered pic of my closest water body-E Machias river

Looking at my watershed in a different light. She has glass eels on the move-elvers-our first fish of spring
#migration #spawn #elver #downeast #maine #EastMachias #watershed #mniwiconi

black and white photo of my near and dear E Machias river at high tide and high winds

The East Machias river -high tide-appreciate your watershed.
#monotone #blackandwhite #watershed #downeast #maine

A big thanks to San Gregorio General Store for hosting our table today! And another big thanks to those who donated today!

We’ll be back next weekend with our obsolete YSI-556 multi-parameter instrument on display!

#sgerc #coastsidegives2026 #watermonitoring #watershed

Audubon Welcomes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Cooperative Watershed Management Both chambers of Congress introduced the Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 in March. The bipartisan bill—sponsored by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)—would extend the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CWMP) through 2031 and improve funding accessibility to maximize watershed impacts. The CWMP, part of Reclamation’s WaterSMART program, supports communities in forming watershed groups to identify, plan, design, and implement projects that address local water needs. Originally authorized in 2009, the program is well utilized in rural communities to support watershed restoration efforts with projects located in 15 western states, Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Some of the CWMP funding was awarded to watershed groups and projects that include restoration efforts to improve bird habitats, benefitting hundreds of bird species like the Yellow Warbler, Bell's Vireo, and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. The CWMP invests in building local capacity to identify and implement projects through a phased approach. Phase I funds are awarded with no non-federal cost share to support watershed group development and planning, with a priority for awarding funds to groups that incorporate the perspectives of a diverse array of...

Audubon Welcomes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Cooperative Watershed Management
->Audubon | More on "Cooperative watershed management bill reauthorization" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed

Our new issue dives into the BC forest crisis: collapsing ecosystems, wildlife pressure, and communities left to carry the cost.

Watch this space for upcoming articles.
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#PCpoli #Forestry #NewForestAct #Logging #OldGrowth #BC #Canada #Watershed

Water infiltration and saturated hydraulic conductivity in an agricultural watershed with ... Sánchez, J. M., Katra, I. & Kosmas, C. Soil layering effects on water flow and solute transport in heterogeneous soils. Geoderma 370, 114338 (2020). Lin, H. Linking principles of soil formation and flow regimes. J. Hydrol. 393, 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.013 (2010). Gaiser, T., Stahr, K., Billen, N. & Mohammad, M. A. R. Modeling carbon sequestration under zero tillage at the regional scale. I. The effect of soil erosion. Ecol. Model. 218(1–2), 110–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.025 (2008). Schjønning, P., Thomsen, I. K., Møberg, J. P., de Jonge, L. W. & Christensen, B. T. Soil physical properties and effects of management. Adv. Agron. 100, 1–53 (2009). Jarvis, N. A review of non-equilibrium water flow and solute transport in soil macropores: Principles, controlling factors and consequences for water quality. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 58(3), 523–546. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.00915.x (2007). Brooks, E. S., Boll, J. & McDaniel, P. A. A hillslope-scale experiment to measure lateral saturated hydraulic conductivity. Water Resour. Res. 45(5), W05408. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002858 (2009). Jarvis, N., Koestel, J. & Larsbo, M. Understanding preferential flow in the vadose zone: Recent advances and future prospects. Vadose Zone J. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2016.09.0075 (2016). Zehe, E. & Flühler, H. Preferential transport of isoproturon at a plot scale and a field scale - Mechanisms and...

Water infiltration and saturated hydraulic conductivity in an agricultural watershed with ...
->Nature | More on "Soil hydraulic conductivity watershed agriculture" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #Agricultural

Promising mid-research results from Pilot Watershed Project at Shallow Run A relatively small watershed in Hardin County is producing encouraging results in the ongoing effort to improve water quality flowing toward Lake Erie. Researchers with The Ohio State University say the Shallow Run Pilot Watershed Project is already showing significant reductions in phosphorus runoff after just a few years of concentrated conservation practice adoption by farmers in the watershed. “We’re seeing really exciting water quality improvements,” said Jay Martin, Ph.D., professor of ecological engineering in The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. “We’ve been trying to reach a 40% reduction in phosphorus going into Lake Erie for many years and really haven’t seen the needle move much. This project is designed to show how we can move the needle.” The Shallow Run watershed includes just over 5,200 agricultural acres in Hardin County, a small area compared to the larger Maumee River watershed, which covers roughly 3 million agricultural acres across northwest Ohio. The project’s strategy? Focus conservation practices heavily within a small area and closely measure the results. “We shrank the scale from the whole Maumee watershed to something more manageable,” Martin said. “It’s about 5,000 acres where we can invest heavily in conservation practices, farmer...

Promising mid-research results from Pilot Watershed Project at Shallow Run
->Ohio's Country Journal | More on "Phosphorus reduction Lake Erie watershed" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed

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Water flow in prairie watersheds is increasingly unpredictable - but AI could help In recent years, the Prairies have seen bigger swings in climate conditions — very wet years followed by very dry ones. That makes an already unpredictable landscape even harder to forecast, with real consequences for flood preparedness and water quality. The challenge is the landscape itself. Much of the Canadian Prairies sit within the Prairie Pothole Region, a landscape dotted with millions of shallow wetlands and depressions. Water doesn’t simply run downhill into a stream, it is stored first. Then, once enough wetlands fill, water begins to spill from one to the next, and only after that does it connect into channels. Why does this matter now? In a landscape that can flip quickly from soaking up water to connecting it downstream, small differences in how wet the wetlands are can be the difference between a manageable spring season and a damaging flood. The problem is that in many watersheds, we don’t have the local measurements needed to tell whether wetlands are still retaining water or are close to connecting and releasing it downstream. Across the Canadian Prairies — from southern Alberta through Saskatchewan to Manitoba — streamflow monitoring is sparse, and many watersheds have no gauges. These devices measure...

Water flow in prairie watersheds is increasingly unpredictable - but AI could help
->The Conversation | More on "AI prairie watershed flood prediction" at BigEarthData.ai | #AI #Watershed

"Saved But Not Safe": Great Swamp Watershed Association Celebrates 45 Years of Protecting Water and Land Long-time GSWA supporters in 1999 (L-R) Julia Somers (co-founder and first Executive Director), Kathy Abbott, Abbie Fair (visionary founder), Susan Deeks, and Penny Hinkle. Photo credit: GSWA MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY — The Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA) is celebrating its 45th anniversary on March 31, 2026, marking four and a half decades of dedicated protection, preservation, education, and advocacy within the Great Swamp watershed and more recently, the Passaic River region. While the Great Swamp was notably saved from a proposed jetport in the 1960s, by the late 1970s it became clear that the 55 square miles across 10 towns surrounding the Great Swamp were still under threat from the pollution and runoff of rapid suburban development. “Before GSWA was founded, land-use and zoning decisions were made municipality by municipality, with no one looking at the watershed as a single, shared ecosystem,” said Executive Director Bill Kibler. “As developers began to focus on the region, our founders recognized that while the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was saved, the water flowing through it was still vulnerable to this new and imposing threat.” This growing concern prompted Green Village resident Abigail Fair to coin the rallying cry, “Saved but not safe.”...

"Saved But Not Safe": Great Swamp Watershed Association Celebrates 45 Years of Protecting Water and Land
->Insider NJ | More on "Great Swamp watershed conservation anniversary" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #Land

Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain It’s a well-established fact that forests and water are deeply connected. For decades, paired-watershed experiments — a scientific method for evaluating land-use impacts on water quantity or quality — have shown that when we lose forests, the total amount of water flowing through our rivers tends to rise. But a critical question has remained unanswered: does this extra water come from previous reserves, or is it simply “new” rain that the land is failing to hold? In other words, is forest loss causing our watersheds to lose their internal integrity and leak like a sifter? Our recent study at the University of British Columbia analyzed 657 watersheds across the globe. By using a tool called the Young Water Fraction, we found that forest loss significantly accelerates how fast precipitation travels through a landscape. We estimate that for every one per cent of forest lost, the “young water” in our streams increases by about 0.17 per cent. Crucially, our research reveals that it isn’t just about how many trees are cut down — it is also about the spatial patterns left behind. The way we arrange forest patches can either aggravate or mitigate this leakage. Why watersheds are leaking Young Water...

Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain
->The Conversation | More on "Forest loss watershed water retention" at BigEarthData.ai | #Watershed #Forest

Pennsylvania Invests $5.5 Million In Projects To Improve Regional Waterways, Help Farmers Increase Environmental Health On Farms Throughout The Chesapeake Bay The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture awarded 16 farms with $392,119 in Sustainable Agriculture Grants, and six conservation organizations with $5.1 million in Public Private Partnership Grants-- both funded through competitive federal funding to the department through the Most Effective Basin program. Click Here for a list of grants awarded in Adams, Centre, Columbia, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Northumberland, Schuylkill and York counties and for regional assistance programs within Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed area. “What farmers do and how they do it matters,” Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. “Pennsylvania has long been a national leader in conservation of farmland and the soil and water resources we all depend on. That leadership is reflected in the expectations the federal government places on our farmers to improve the Chesapeake Bay’s water quality. “But in federal models that measure progress, our farmers don’t always get credit for the work they are doing toward those goals. These grants are both an acknowledgement of Pennsylvania’s leadership, and a tool that will help sustain their farms, and help give them the credit they deserve for improving the quality of life for our entire region.” Grants are funded through the Pennsylvania Most Effective Basins Program, a partnership...

Pennsylvania Invests $5.5 Million In Projects To Improve Regional Waterways, Help Farmers Increase Environmental Health On Farms Throughout The Chesapeake Bay
->PA Environment Digest Blog | More on "Pennsylvania farm watershed conservation grants" at BigEarthData.ai | #Health #Environment #Watershed

Exuberant and amazing - if yr in Bristol be engaged by the VR then appreciate the other films and artefacts and more #Everyworld #Watershed #immersive
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Watershed development can become India's most effective rural climate strategy India’s rural economy continues to be shaped by the uncertainties of water availability. While large irrigation projects often dominate public discourse, nearly 52 per cent of the country’s gross cropped area remains rain-fed, accounting for a disproportionately high share of agrarian risk and climate vulnerability. In this context, watershed development — frequently viewed as a technical soil-conservation programme — deserves renewed attention as a central pillar of India’s strategy for sustainable rural growth. A watershed is a natural hydrological unit where rainfall drains to a common outlet such as a stream or river. Development interventions within such units aim to conserve rainwater, improve soil moisture, enhance groundwater recharge and restore degraded land. India’s watershed initiatives, now implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana–Watershed Development Component (PMKSY-WDC), seek to address land degradation and water stress while strengthening farm livelihoods. The scale of the challenge is substantial. Official estimates indicate that over 96 million hectares of land in India face degradation, much of it concentrated in semi-arid and rainfed regions. At the same time, groundwater, which supports nearly two-thirds of irrigation, is being extracted faster than it is replenished in several states. Climate change is likely to intensify rainfall variability, making...

Watershed development can become India's most effective rural climate strategy
->Down To Earth | More on "Watershed development India rural climate" at BigEarthData.ai | #Climate #Watershed

Youth Watershed Council packs a one-two punch, helping both Oregon students and the local environment No cell service. No bathroom. Trudging through mud in rubber boots and climbing over downed trees. Laboring in a waterlogged valley. That may not sound like the average American teenager’s idea of a fun Saturday. But it was for one group of high school and college students recently participating in a yearslong restoration project near Philomath, Oregon. The student volunteers are part of the Youth Watershed Council, led by the Marys River Watershed Council. The youth program began in 2021, and for the last three years, participating students have, among other things, been restoring the environment alongside Shotpouch Creek. The program seems mutually beneficial: The students help the environment and community, all while gaining hands-on experience and volunteer hours. And supporters argue the watershed work has an even broader benefit: At a time when young people face increasing pressures and anxiety — from academics to social media to a deteriorating environment — finding their own community and taking small steps to improve the world around them gives them something positive and productive to do. “I think this generation, we lay a lot on them, like, ‘Oh, it’s your job to fix this,’” said Nina Dominici, the education program director for...

Youth Watershed Council packs a one-two punch, helping both Oregon students and the local environment
->Oregon Public Broadcasting | More on "Youth restoring Oregon watershed environment" at BigEarthData.ai | #Environment #Watershed

@Adopt_a_Stream_Foundation installed a @Haikubox at their Northwest Stream Center in Everett, WA. They host an abundance of birds, two salmon streams, old second growth forest and an accessible nature trail. Visit today!

Learn more: www.streamkeeper.org/learn

#Haikubox #Watershed #HeathyWaters