River News Now Breaking News Travel

Los Angeles, California - Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.

Tucson, Arizona - The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and the Gila Watershed Partnership will use a $35,500 grant to offer a series of classes on watershed science in eastern Arizona beginning in early 2009.

Edinburg, Texas - Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley sector rescued one person from the Rio Grande River. Yesterday, agents assigned to the McAllen Border Patrol Station Boat Patrol who were patrolling the Mission, Texas area received a call to assist an individual that was possibly in distress.

Arconsanti, Arizona - Teams of scientists and local volunteers will walk the rivers of Arizona starting at sunrise on Saturday to map where the rivers run wet - and dry. Annual mapping of perennial surface waters aids water managers in understanding the state’s river systems during the driest time of year.

Washington, DC - Today, Representative Raul M. Grijalva, Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, called for an emergency declaration to withdraw public lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon National Park from uranium mining activities.