A wetland restoration project is underway in western Allen County, thanks to a $2 million grant from the Ohio Department of ...

What had been one of Eden Prairie’s most popular beaches has been off limits to swimmers for about three years. After closing early for several summers, Eden Prairie ended swimming following the 2003 ...

Senate Bill 747 would require farms larger than 200 acres to report their annual fertilizer use — including the quantity ...

The City of Winnipeg is facing a hefty fine under the Environment Act that could cost half a million dollars and the suspension of their licence. It remains to be seen whether the laws of our province ...

Pollution is leaking into the bay waters from creeks bearing nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater treatment plants, ...

Algal blooms have occurred in the reservoir in past summers ... where the size and severity of the bloom is controlled, in large part, by how much phosphorus flows into the lake each spring from farm ...

Legal action over pollution in the River Wye catchment area in England and Wales has been extended from three poultry ...

The implementation of a new law will damage ecosystems in Minnesota by elevating phosphate levels in Minnesota waters. Phosphate has been identified as the most important cropland nutrient to ...

All of the cold weather we’ve been having this winter has been great for those of us who like to get out on the ice. Anglers have been out in force on area lakes, including Lake Wassermann ...

Legal action continues in efforts at cleaning up a portion of Ohio's waterways. The Ohio EPA has been added as a defendant, ...

In a sea teeming with some of the largest creatures on the planet, a University of Miami scientist is studying how big of an ...

This essay is a follow up on the photograph published in the Jan. 16 Commonwealth (pictured above) that showed duckweed ...