MISSOULA, Mont. — Right now rivers are high, muddy and dangerous, so NBC Montana ventured to a Montana creek. The Blackfoot River's water levels are high and murky, but NBC Montana chose a small ...

Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly ...

Most people have never heard of neodymium, a strong, silvery rare-earth metal, yet almost all of us carry around a little bit of it in our pocket every day. “Your cell phone, your computer — all of ...

If your idea of a good vacation is filled with mountain hikes and river trails, then there's a Midwest gem you'll fall in love with immediately. Nestled within the Daniel Boone National Forest, you'll ...

BERTHOUD PASS, Colo. — The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Like arteries, ...

Twenty-two Oregon rivers and streams were under a flood warning at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 18, as an atmospheric river slams the state and brings one of the biggest flood events of the past decade. The ...