For the Love of Rivers - Book Trailer

The forthcoming book from renowned ecologist, Dr. Kurt Fausch, that weaves insights from a career immersed in the ecology of rivers with poignant reflections on the deeper significance of these waters to humanity, and their ultimate fate in our future. For the Love of Rivers is a book that will inspire and enlighten anyone with a personal or professional connection to rivers, water, and conservation.

THE RUSSIAN RIVER: ALL RIVERS - THE VALUE OF AN AMERICAN WATERSHED

THE RUSSIAN RIVER: ALL RIVERS - THE VALUE OF AN AMERICAN WATERSHED explores the conflicts and challenges of this California wine country river and watershed - issues shared by rivers throughout the world.

"I have had it with these motherf*&king planes on these motherf*#king trains!"

Clean-up crews in Montana have their work cut out for them Saturday morning as they try to recover Boeing fuselages that crashed into the river on their way to Renton, Washington.

A freight train derailed in western Montana, sending three cars carrying 737, 777, and 747 aircraft components down a steep embankment and into the Clark Fork River.

LINK (via:KATU)

No just imagine if that train had been carrying Bakken crude.

Grande Ronde River access map

A handy new online Grande Ronde River access map for boaters and anglers has been created by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department.

LINK (via:The Spokesman Review)

Caprini Crossing

A piece completed earlier this year for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service explaining how even the humblest of watersheds can support a rich bounty of salmon and steelhead with a just a little help from people.

Central Oregon Grapples With Rising Oil Train Safety Risks

Photo of an oil train on the Deschutes River May 4 courtesy of Friends of the Gorge.

A growing number of oil trains are now moving south along Central Oregon’s Deschutes River, presenting a new risk for oil spills along one of Oregon’s most iconic rivers and new safety concerns for communities in the region.

LINK (via: earthfix)