Near my childhood home was a small river. It wasn’t much more than a creek at the best of times, and in dry summers it would sometimes almost dry up completely. But snowmelt revived it each Spring, ...

The California Department of Water Resources is opening applications for the California Stream Gage Improvement Program (CalSIP), allowing local agencies to install or upgrade stream gage systems in ...

The stream gauge will constantly monitor water levels and then periodically begin alerting officials when the water begins to ...

Dena Hoffman takes measurements at the Beaver Brook stream gage each week. On Wednesday mornings, Dena Hoffman puts on long black fishing boots and wades into the murky waters of Beaver Brook in ...

DWR engineers relocate a stream gage in Tehama County. (DWR photo) In a move to boost water data capabilities across Northern California’s wine country, the California Department of Water Resources ...

A race is on to keep stream-gage systems in place along Lake Champlain. Congressional leaders, regional public safety officials and scientists are pressing federal authorities to find money for ...

The U.S. Geological Survey will shut down four stream gages in Nebraska to comply with a 5 percent federal budget cut mandated by sequestration, a move that could hamper flood-forecasting efforts ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The view of Montana’s waterways will become a lot more detailed in the coming months, as nearly ...

A regional coalition of 13 hydrologists recently sent a letter to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division stating the agency is using the wrong data to analyze the potential impacts of the ...

When you drive over a river now you might think that river is very low. You are probably correct. Let’s see just how low many Michigan rivers are right now. The U.S. Geological Survey (called the USGS ...

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The proposed gages closest to the Gallatin Valley are one at the Boulder River near Cardwell and two near Big Timber in Sweet Grass and Bridger creeks. Stream-gaging in the US began in the late 1800s ...