How a dead urban creek was brought back to life
Decades ago, Guichon Creek was buried underground and channelled through culverts. Today, it’s an ongoing restoration success story.
How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland
Restored floodplains in the state’s agricultural heartland are fighting both flooding and drought. But their fate rests with California’s powerful farmers.
What beavers can teach us about managing water
Beaver dams and ponds help maintain water when there's too little and slow it when there's too much. Here's why these industrious rodents are the climate resilience heroes we need.
For 30 years, this creek was dead. Now, it supports three kinds of trout – and a web of aquatic life.
For decades, toxic runoff from abandoned coal mines has left streams and rivers lifeless in West Virginia. Here's how two men decided to reverse the damage taking place in their own backyards.
How an Indian village saved itself from droughts
A doctor facing his own near-death experience heard that his homeland was dying. Once he was well, he set to work healing the land.