MISSOULA, Mont. — Right now rivers are high, muddy and dangerous, so NBC Montana ventured to a Montana creek. The Blackfoot River's water levels are high and murky, but NBC Montana chose a small ...

When Tropical Storm Hilary drenched the town of Big Bear and nearby communities, some mountain dwellers were trapped by flash floods, debris flows and washed out roadways. But not local residents ...

On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ...

Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly ...

A section of Nome Creek in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, seen in June, shows how historic placer mining, which dredged much of the waterway, molded the bank into a scalloped rock wall.

BOISE, Idaho — WHEN | A soaking and persistent round of rain will continue to saturate SW and central Idaho through late Monday afternoon, with the heaviest rainfall totals expected in the mountains ...

WOODFIN, N.C. (AP) — Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a broken length of PVC pipe from the rocky bottom of the French Broad River and peers inside. “I ...

If your idea of a good vacation is filled with mountain hikes and river trails, then there's a Midwest gem you'll fall in love with immediately. Nestled within the Daniel Boone National Forest, you'll ...