20 thousand-ton cargo ships expected to reach Wuhan next year (Wuhan Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2016
The 20-thousand ton river-sea cargo ships are expected to directly ship from Zhejiang Province's Zhoushan to Wuhan, according to the meeting on establishing partnership between Zhoushan River - Ocean Combined Transportation Services Center and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province on September 19, 2016....

Tiny fish, big protection: Pearl darter could be 'threatened' species

Edit The Times Picayune 21 Sep 2016
The fish is named for the Pearl River, the border between St. Tammany and Washington parishes on one side and Pearl River and Hancock counties on the other, but hasn't been found in that watershed for more than 40 years ... Known Pearl darter populations are dotted along 279 miles of the Pascagoula River system in southeast Mississippi, about 43 percent of its historic range ... And it's because the Pascagoula River isn't impounded," he said....

Fun With Sturgeon (Northwest Power and Conservation Council)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2016
A six-foot fiberglass sturgeon, coasters in the shape of the toothy mouth of a Pacific lamprey, temporary sturgeon tattoos, a sturgeon coloring page, and a big map of the Columbia River Basin were all part of the Council's interactive display at this year's sturgeon festival in Vancouver, Washington ... Hydropower dams have impacted sturgeon by altering the velocity and timing of river flows, which are important for spawning....

Illegal sand traders encroach upon Sharavati river in Karwar

Edit The Times of India 21 Sep 2016
A case in point is Taggupalya, Honnavar district, where sand extractors are illegally building jetties in Sharavati river by dumping red soil ... They said that officials, politicians and some sand contractors are hand in glove with illegal traders of river sand ... "But here, illegal sand traders are closing the mouth of the river ......

BPAC files petition

Edit The Hindu 21 Sep 2016
... areas in the Cauvery river basin ... Jairaj, a trustee of BPAC, said Bengaluru and other areas in the river basin required 19 tmcft of water for drinking water....

Back to summer: The ups and downs of Chicago fishing

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 21 Sep 2016
Staff at River’s Edge said many sturgeon being caught in the Dells area, though no legals checked in so far ... Hook-and-line season is open for sturgeon in Wisconsin; on rivers allowing keeping of fish there is a 60-inch limit ... Here are the catch-and-release rivers added this year. ... Mississippi River ... Croix River from Prescott to Gordon Flowage ... Louis and Nemadji rivers ... Croix River(Wisconsin/Minnesota boundary water) ... CHICAGO RIVER....

Arrested for bid to picket Post Office

Edit The Hindu 21 Sep 2016
... implementation of the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal on sharing the water of River Cauvery....

Mississippi agency: Bogue Chitto sewage spill smaller than 1st announced

Edit The Times Picayune 21 Sep 2016
Officials had originally estimated 6 million gallons spilled into the river....

Temporary Closures Begin at Jackson Lake Dam October 4 (Bureau of Reclamation)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2016
(Source. Bureau of Reclamation) ... Media Contact ... During construction, the southeast side parking lot at the dam and downstream right-hand side of the river will be temporarily closed to all traffic through the end of November ... Recreation access will still be available upstream of the dam and the north side of the river.'. Jackson Lake Dam is located on the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park near Moran, Wyoming ... # # #....

Madurai makes it to smart city list

Edit The Times of India 21 Sep 2016
MADURAI ... They suggested that the temple area should be developed thoroughly and the tourism sector should be given thrust ... President of Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association Limited, SP Jeyapragasam said that river Vaigai should be promoted under the smart city scheme. "Like the model of Sabarmati river front in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, both the banks of river Vaigai should be developed as a tourism attraction," he stated ... RELATED....

North Shore Stat Leaders (Through Week 3)

Edit The Times Picayune 21 Sep 2016
NORTH SHORE STAT LEADERS (Through Week 3). All statistics are taken from what schools have reported to NOLA.com . The Times-Picayune or to MaxPreps through Tuesday (Sept. 20) ... RUSHING (min 75 yards) ... Courtney Moore Pearl River 68 464 7 ... Austin Stodard Pearl River 25 151 1 ... Matt Elsensohn Pearl River 15 134 2 ... Al Dauth Pearl River 7 84 1 ... Sept ... Sept ... 2 Courtney Moore Pearl River-Pine 18 164 3 ... 16 Courtney Moore Pearl River-Pine Prairie 28 159 2 ... ....

Govt. caught in a ‘tough political situation’

Edit The Hindu 21 Sep 2016
In the meeting with all political parties a fortnight ago, the State government explained that it is after taking into consideration run of the river flow (water that anyway flows to Bilingudu irrespective of release by Karnataka) that the State had offered to release 10,000 cusecs till September 15 ... However, exact estimates of the run of the river ......

Commission, critics dive headfirst into water project talks

Edit Deseret News 21 Sep 2016
That analogy, the Utah Rivers Council's executive director said, is at the center of a new economic analysis by university professors who contend the repayment plan for the controversial Lake Powell pipeline is a bad deal for Utah taxpayers ... The pipeline seeks to tap Utah's share of unused Colorado River water that is currently delivered to Lake Powell and then released to downstream states like Nevada and California....
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