The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there ...

“We need to hash that out.” Historically, Georgians have enjoyed the right to fish in the state’s navigable waters. But that right came into question early last year when a property owner ...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on August 30 vacated the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) that redefined “waters of the United States” for purposes of Clean ...

better navigable waters. NOAA and the Commerce Department recently announced a year-long nationwide survey will be conducted (with Austin, Texas-based 1stMission LLC) to find, identify and ...

House Bill 1172 would remove the public trust doctrine from all navigable rivers and streams ... to codify property rights for Georgia’s waterways. The debate over ownership of Georgia’s ...

The Wisconsin DNR announced Thursday it approved Enbridge's permit, surely setting off backlash from environmental groups.

These rulemakings were prompted by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13778, which urged the EPA to protect only those waters that have “a relatively permanent surface connection” to a ...

“We hold that the statute requires a permit when there is a direct discharge from a point source into navigable waters or when there is the functional equivalent of a direct discharge ...