ohio river

For activist degawëno:da’s, paddling the length of the Allegheny River was to be a “witness to the raw element of the natural world.”

The Clean Water Act hasn't been altered much over the past 50 years, though how we interpret the act has recently changed dramatically.

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The blooms are appearing on about 265 miles of river from Louisville to Greenup, Kentucky.

Participants had been set to jump into waters near Towhead Island in Louisville before entering the Ohio River's main channel.

The event is part of a six-state initiative to collect trash along the river spanning from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois.

The plan keeps pollution control standards in place, but gives states more flexibility to implement their own water quality programs while ensuring standards are equally protective.

Across the Ohio Valley, more than $700 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been invested at parks and wilderness areas.

The Metropolitan Sewer District has completed about 10 percent of a 4-mile-long tunnel meant to store excess sewage and stormwater.

The commission tasked with protecting water quality along the Ohio River has unveiled a plan to keep pollution control standards in place, while giving more flexibility to states.