Nebraska’s Platte River is one of the most amazing waterways in North America. It is considered an exotic river, like the Nile, because it flows from a wet humid area through an arid landscape ...

Truce holds on the Platte River Environmentalists and farmers take a leap of faith for the sake of staying out of the courtroom by Andrew Beck Grace August 16, 2004 January 24, 2024.

As the river channel narrows it deepens, creating a completely different kind of river from its broad, braided dynamic predecessor, says Carhart, range programs coordinator for the Twin Platte ...

The normally mild-mannered Platte River had rapids Friday. The river's old description, "a mile wide and an inch deep" did not apply as roiling swells rose and the tops crashed over in a fierce wind.

6:00. WAVERLE: THE WORST OF THE FLOODING FOR THE PLATTE RIVER IS OVER, AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO USE THE RIVER FOR FUN, LIKE AIRBOATERS, ARE EXCITED TO GET BACK OUT, BUT THE FUN COULD BE HALTED BY ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, plans to implement a “North Platte Chokepoint Test Flow Release” using Environmental ...

Photo credit: South Platte River Urban Waters Partnership. The online tool was updated in September 2023 and provides access to data on several factors that influence the quality of the water, such as ...

The plan is to divert excess Platte water via canal, culvert and pipeline over the Platte-Republican divide near Smithfield in south-central Nebraska’s Gosper County and run it south into the ...

A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors.. Andrew Howard of Frankfort, Michigan, was found guilty of tampering ...

The South Platte River in Denver is overcoming a history of neglect and water quality pollution, as development and revitalization projects now aim to make it a showpiece for the city.