Rivers, Lakes and Waterways

The caves of the Black Hills are among the longest in the world, and new research shows they may also contain some of the purest water on earth.The lakes…

Explorers in the deepest sections of Jewel Cave landed a major new find on their most recent trip.Cavers mapped about 8,000 feet of new cave, pushing…

Spring Creek looks much like any other stream in the Black Hills, it meanders through serene meadows and drops into a steep walled canyon. But Spring…

Sioux Falls leaders plan to get a detailed view of water underground using technology attached to a helicopter. The city’s public works department is…

Some environmental groups are blaming the EPA for not doing enough to control invasive species like zebra mussels. This week a coalition of groups won a…

The Mayor of Sioux Falls is hosting his 3rd annual Big Sioux River Water Summit Thursday. Conservationists, city officials, and agriculture specialists…

A recent spill of 3 million gallons of mine wastewater from an EPA Superfund Site in the Rocky Mountains turned Colorado’s Animus River orange.South…

Over the past several years, the Izaak Walton League has helped organize Missouri River clean-ups in the cities of Pierre, Ft. Pierre and Yankton. Since…

A South Dakota organization has received a $10,000 grant to clean up the Missouri River. The group will focus on public awareness to help stop…

The official floodplain in Sioux Falls is shrinking. That’s because a project to update levees in the city is complete, so FEMA officials are changing…