The Kansas River is cleaner today than half a century ago, but pollution and trash remain problems. Kayakers and others who love this river are helping the river's sandbars by hauling away tons of ...

The Chicago River has a complicated history. For more than a century, it absorbed factory waste, raw sewage, and runoff from ...

Friends of the Kaw volunteers dig 2 to 6 tons of battery cases out of sandbars each year. They tackle items as big as septic tanks. Now they’re eyeing an ambitious cleanup target for 2030. Bill Hughes ...

Highlighting the Seine River is a central theme of the Paris Olympics. But will the river be clean enough for swimming competitions? PARIS — The world’s most romantic river traces a long arc through ...

METHUEN — The River Monster has never pulled a dead body out of the Merrimack River, but it’s the first question Rocky Morrison is asked when he tells people what he does. Morrison quit his job as a ...

Volunteers across northern Illinois gathered Thursday night with one goal in mind to protect the Pecatonica River.

A painting called “Fox River at Sunset” is striking and beautiful. It’s an eye-catcher that brought artist Anna Cherkashina of Buffalo Grove a “Best of Show” award for her effort during the St.

Dressed in bright orange and yellow high visibility vests, nearly 250 volunteers spread across the banks of Gore Creek, the Eagle River and the Upper Colorado River on Saturday to collect a summer’s ...