And the anxiety over floodplain construction is likely to rise as climate change raises flood risks. So in courtrooms from Washington state to New Mexico, environmentalists have filed lawsuits ...

ORTING — As heavy rain threatens to flood rivers this winter, many flood-plain managers are trying ... emeritus professor with the University of Washington who has studied river ecology and ...

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...

Columbian white-tailed deer, a species that lives among the Columbia River lowlands and floodplains in Southwest Washington, are no longer considered endangered by the state Department of Fish and ...

Given the topography of our region, our average annual rainfall and our susceptibility to major flooding along our county’s floodplains, an increased investment in flood protection was the right ...

After a term of learning about wetland ecology from Cascadia natural sciences professor Midori Sakura, the students stepped into the teacher role Wednesday, giving an educational tour of one of ...

An estimated 40 million Americans live in floodplains, facing a risk of catastrophic flooding that puts them and their homes in danger. That includes Steve Rodriguez, whose home near a creek in ...

With a spring storm on the way, experts are worried about localized flooding, especially for people who live near floodplains. Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue arrives to the Met Gala in an ...

Researchers have long warned that a stretch of coast in Oregon and Washington state is capable ... dramatically raising sea level, expanding floodplains, and increasing the flood risk to local ...

Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the Washington-based Coalition for ... difficult for the county to legally deny projects in flood-plain areas in other parts of the county,” he said.