The wildlife resource studies focused on determining effects of the proposed project on game and non-game terrestrial resources and the vegetative and topographic features which comprise their habitat. The objectives of the study were to: (1) characterize wildlife use of the existing environment; (2) assess the potential effects of the proposed project on wildlife; (3) identify possible mitigation measures; and (4) prepare a preliminary estimate of...

A group of whitewater kayakers travel to Uganda, India, Nepal and California to document the struggle of local communities dealing with large scale hydroelectric projects. Along they way, they paddle some of the best whitewater in the world.

How rivers have shaped American politics, economics, and society from the beginnings of the Republic to today.America has more than 250,000 rivers, coursing over more than 3 million miles, connecting the disparate regions of the United States. On a map they can look like the veins, arteries, and capillaries of a continent-wide circulatory system, and in a way they are. Over the course of this nations history rivers have served as integral trade routes,...