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  • River rafting -- no car required

    River rafting -- no car required

    How to enjoy a summer raft trip, fossil-fuel-free.

  • The gift of runoff in a wet season

    The gift of runoff in a wet season

    After too many recent dry years, residents of the Rocky Mountains are relishing the music of running water.

  • Of rivers, boats and baseball umpires

    Of rivers, boats and baseball umpires

    The essays in Robin Cody's Another Way the River Has range all over the map but somehow lead back to the river.

  • A river again?

    A river again?

    The EPA extends Clean Water Act protection to L.A.'s urban watershed.

  • When reverence isn't enough

    When reverence isn't enough

    Writer and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore talks about water, family and the sacredness of landscapes.

  • The river wilder

    The river wilder

    River restoration is a complex business, whether you’re talking about Colorado’s fast-moving Gunnison River or the polluted urban waterways of San Francisco’s East Bay.

  • Thinking like a fish

    The essays in Chad Hanson’s collection Swimming with Trout celebrate the wonder of water and its mysterious inhabitants.

  • A downside to downing dams?

    Removing dams is more a complex experiment than a panacea, as Arizona’s Fossil Creek shows.

  • Water is definitely for fighting in Montana

    Rob Breeding calls steam access one of the most contentious water issues in his state.

  • Elwha River dams move closer to destruction

    Two massive dams on Washington's Elwha River will be demolished to restore salmon runs.

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