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  The Salinity of Rivers
The saltiness of rivers is simply a matter of the relative amount of water that is turned into water vapor through consumption, whether it is natural or the result of human activity.
Before man began harnessing the rivers the seasonal floods were highly effective in carrying salts to the ocean and keeping the river basin in reasonably good salt balance.
It is the third-longest river in the U.S., yet like the Colorado it does not qualify for inclusion in the Geological Survey list of 33 rivers with the highest discharge.
www.sci.sdsu.edu /salton/TheSalinityofRivers.html   (8359 words)

  
 List of rivers in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rivers in the United States is a list of rivers in the United States.
For a list of rivers in U.S. territories, please see List of rivers in U.S. insular areas.
Listings of rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_rivers_in_the_United_States   (143 words)

  
 Colorado River tops 2004 list of endangered rivers
The river wanders 1,500 miles from the peaks of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, snaking across Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California before flowing into the Gulf of Baja in Mexico, although in most years it is little more than a trickle when it reaches its delta.
The Big Sunflower River in Mississippi, which was the most endangered river last year because of an Army Corps of Engineers pumping and dredging project that the group said would destroy wetlands and stir up toxins in the river bed, was No. 2 on the group's list.
American Rivers, a Washington-based nonprofit conservation group, says the rivers on the list are not necessarily the ones with the worst chronic problems, but those they say are most in peril because of toxic chemicals, severe water shortages and other problems.
www.uswaternews.com /archives/arcquality/4colorive5.html   (443 words)

  
 EPA: Pesticides - Pesticide Use Limitations for Grant County, Arkansas
The Arkansas fatmucket is a medium sized freshwater mussel approximately 3.9 inches in length.
The historic range of the Arkansas fatmucket mussel was believed to have been widespread in Arkansas in the Caddo River, the Ouchita River, and the Saline River.
The decline of the Arkansas fatmucket has been attibuted to construction of dams, alteration of channels, gravel dredging, and decline in water quality from agriculture and industrial runofffs.
www.epa.gov /espp/arkansas/grant.htm   (236 words)

  
 Arkansas Catfish Fishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The big bottomland rivers of the state continue to be the best waters for numbers and size of catfish.
At the top of the list is the Mississippi River, perhaps the No. 1 body of water in the U.S. in terms of trophy potential for blue cats.
The Arkansas River is the undisputed queen of Arkansas catfishing waters.
www.arkansassportsmanmag.com /fishing/catfish-fishing/AR_0505_02   (723 words)

  
 National Rivers: Rivers of Alaska, Alabama whitewater, Arkansas paddling, Arkansas canoeing, Arkansas kayaking, ...
In the meantime, note that the rivers of Arkansas are described in books and videos available from the NORS Resource Center.
Rivers cannot be closed or partially closed to appease adjacent landowners, or to appease people who want to dedicate the river to fishing only, or to make life easier for local law enforcement agencies.
But rivers that are navigable for title purposes are public land up to the ordinary high water mark, so that even when the river runs dry, people still have the right to walk along the bed of the river.
www.nationalrivers.org /states/ar-menu.htm   (1578 words)

  
 Arkansas rivers offer canoeing, floating, fishing and kayaking
In between, the river's flow is interrupted by at least eight dams, six in Arkansas and two more in Missouri.
The first 31 miles of the White River are similar to the beginning stretches of other Ozark streams--fast and furious in the wet months, and comparatively calm the rest of the year.
Here the river is considerably larger and, because of the hydropower discharges from deep within the lake, very cold--just right, in fact, for rainbow, brown, and cutthroat trout.
www.arkansas.com /lakes-rivers/rivers-canoe/id/17   (1654 words)

  
 CNN.com - Study: Missouri tops endangered rivers - April 2, 2002
Environmental group American Rivers says the health and future of the Missouri River is at a critical stage.
American Rivers' president, Rebecca Wodder, says the Army Corps of Engineers -- which operates dams in the river -- is "draining the life" out of the Missouri in an effort to maintain a "trickle" of barge traffic.
The second river on the list -- the Big Sunflower in Mississippi -- also highlights the long-standing conflict between environmentalists and the Corps of Engineers.
archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/science/04/02/endangered.rivers/index.html   (416 words)

  
 Watchable Wildlife: Family fun things to do & outdoor adventures in Arkansas State Parks
Bull Shoals-White River State Park - On one of the largest lakes in the Ozarks, and on the famed trout waters of the White River, Bull Shoals State Park is a fine place to check out the bird life of the Ozarks.
Cane Creek State Park - on the edge of the Delta in southeast Arkansas is a true hotspot.
Lake Chicot, in southeast Arkansas, is one of the state's birding hotspots and the nationally acclaimed Levee Tour (auto) and the swamp tours are excellent ways to add excitement to your vacation and birds (and alligator, mink, deer and armadillo) to your life list.
www.arkansasstateparks.com /things/wildlife/birding.asp   (707 words)

  
 Arkansas Fast Facts and Trivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Established near the mouth of the Arkansas River in 1686, Arkansas Post was the first permanent white settlement in the state.
The South Arkansas vine ripe pink tomato is the official state fruit and blossom.
The Buffalo River is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states.
www.50states.com /facts/arkansas.htm   (729 words)

  
 News & Featured Releases: Arkansas Media Room
Though the circumstances of each tribe's removal from Arkansas by the time of statehood in 1836 would vary, those who inhabited its territory in the years from1803 to 1835 found themselves not only living on coveted land, but on borrowed time as well.
In 1817, that arrangement became a new treaty assigning to the Cherokee lands located between the Arkansas and White rivers west of a line from near Morrilton on the Arkansas to near Batesville on the White.
By 1820, there were some 3,000 Cherokee living along both sides of the Arkansas River generally between Morrilton and the mouth of the Mulberry River.
www.arkansasmediaroom.com /news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=278   (1900 words)

  
 Arkansas wildlife – Arkansas outdoors – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas wildlife, such as the fl bear, wild turkey, elk and more than one million white-tailed deer, the
Since it lies in the Mississippi Flyway, Arkansas is famous for its excellent waterfowl hunting and is known as "The duck hunting capital of the world."
Arkansas is an angler's paradise and is home to several world-record fish, including brown trout, walleye and hybrid bass.
www.agfc.state.ar.us /rules_regs/fishing_regs.html   (346 words)

  
 Arkansas Rivers - Arkansas Float Trips and Canoeing
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is in compliance with the Freedom of Information.
The major threat to the streams of Arkansas are projects--projects for water supplies, flood control, hydropower, dredging, and channelization.
What will help is the realization that rivers are critical to the Arkansas way of life, and that their values are indeed fragile.
www.arkansas.com /outdoors/canoeing-rafting-kayaking/rvr_future.asp   (343 words)

  
 Louisiana Purchase State Park national historic landmark in central eastern Arkansas
On October 27, 1815, a survey party headed north from the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers to establish a north-south line to be known as the Fifth Principal Meridian.
This headwater swamp is representative of the swamplands that were common in eastern Arkansas before the vast bottomlands were drained and cleared for farming and commercial purposes.
For a list of bicentennial events, information for schools and school field trips, a special scouting patch program, and more visit www.lapurchase.org.
www.arkansasstateparks.com /louisianapurchase   (589 words)

  
 News & Featured Releases: Arkansas Media Room
In Arkansas alone, it was reported, the flood claimed 98 lives and caused $38 million (1927 value) in property damages and $12.5 million in crop losses.
For the majority of current Arkansas residents, awareness of the flood is gained only through historical references; but for the declining number of living Arkansans who were old enough at the time to remember it, the flood lives on in vivid memories of the tragedy and the human struggle against it.
The center's permanent exhibits on the history and culture of Arkansas's Delta region are housed in the storefront and a block away in a restored train depot at 95 Missouri Street.
www.arkansasmediaroom.com /news-releases/listings/display.asp?id=160   (861 words)

  
 The United States' most endangered rivers of 2006 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
American Rivers, a nonprofit group that aims to protect and restore rivers in the United States, has released its annual report of the most endangered rivers in the nation.
It is not a list of the “worst” or most polluted rivers, but of 10 rivers confronted by decisions in the coming year that could determine their future.
To learn more about the rivers and why each was selected for this list, go to www.americanrivers.org.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060421/news_lz1n21list.html   (125 words)

  
 FSBO Arkansas Real Estate — FSBO Arkansas Homes For Sale By Owner
Arkansas is a state that harkens back to a more relaxed time of life in our country.
If playing in the great outdoors is your idea of a good time, Arkansas offers scenic mountains, rivers, forests in which you can play to your hearts desire.
Arkansas real estate prices are as relaxed as the state.
www.fsboamerica.org /data/gateways/Arkansas.html   (415 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Red River is one of several rivers with that name, and of two rivers with that name in the United States.
Much of the river's length in Louisiana was unnavigable in the early 19th century due to a collection of fallen trees that formed a "Great Raft" over 160 miles (257 km) long.
Due to a cartographic error, the land between the north and south forks was claimed by both the state of Texas and the federal government.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Red_River_(Mississippi_watershed)   (448 words)

  
 Colorado Rafting with Arkansas River Tours
Arkansas River Tours has been whitewater rafting in Colorado since 1973.
Colorado's Rocky Mountains are the birthplace of more major rivers than any other mountain range in the U.S. Colorado's Arkansas River, the most popular river in America, provides a variety of rafting experiences ranging from ½ day trips to multi-day trips, easy whitewater for family adventures to challenging extreme adventures in Class IV+ white water.
Our unique location on the Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida, two of Colorado's favorite destinations, provides quick access to exciting whitewater rafting.
www.arkansasrivertours.com /welcome.htm   (443 words)

  
 ADEQ - Water Div - Water Quality Planning Branch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The chemical monitoring network on rivers and streams includes over 130 stations which are sampled monthly for more than 30 parameters, over 100 stations that are sampled on a bi-monthly or quarterly schedule and an additional 30-50 stations that are intensively sampled over a short period of time for special purposes.
Biological/Habitat Monitoring is currently restricted to special project needs associated with synoptic watershed surveys or for the development of additional data to support the establishment of biological criteria used to evaluate the biological integrity of a water body.
Additionally, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may be petitioned to amend the water quality standards at any time.
www.adeq.state.ar.us /water/branch_planning   (1288 words)

  
 Arkansas Apartments
Living in Arkansas is cheaper than in most of the neighboring states.
In the past, Arkansas was primarily an agricultural state, and it is still the number one producer of rice and poultry.
With a population of 2.6 million and growing, Arkansas is a dynamic state full of bright prospects.
www.rent.com /rentals/arkansas   (818 words)

  
 EPA Region 6 Water Quality Protection Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Where a waterbody receives a thermal discharge from one or more point sources, impaired means that the waterbody does not have or maintain a balanced indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife.
The list of impaired waterbodies that States and authorized Tribes are required to submit to EPA pursuant to section 303(d) of the CWA.
A geographically defined portion of navigable waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and ocean waters under the jurisdiction of the United States, including segments of rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, coastal waters and ocean waters.
www.epa.gov /arkansas/6wq/npdes/tmdl/definitions.htm   (1669 words)

  
 Southeastern Rivers
The Caney Fork River in Middle Tennessee is a popular destination for canoe trips and trout fisherman from across the state.
The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is the diamond in the rough of the National Park service.
The Buffalo National River in Arkansas is 150 miles of free flowing river great for canoeing, fishing, swimming, and more.
www.southeasternoutdoors.com /public-lands/rivers/index-rivers.html   (157 words)

  
 National Rivers: Rivers of Alaska, Alabama whitewater, Arkansas paddling, Connecticut canoeing, Delaware kayaking, ...
National Rivers: Rivers of Alaska, Alabama whitewater, Arkansas paddling, Connecticut canoeing, Delaware kayaking, Delaware rafting, Delaware fly-fishing, Delaware river conservation and river access.
Rivers of Delaware: Overview of Delaware whitewater, Delaware paddling, Delaware canoeing, Delaware kayaking, Delaware rafting, Delaware fly-fishing, Delaware river conservation, Delaware river law, and Delaware river access.
In the meantime, note that the rivers of Delaware are described in books and videos available from the NORS Resource Center.
www.nationalrivers.org /states/de-menu.htm   (1578 words)

  
 Whitewater Rafting Rivers in California
Most groups concentrate their time on the forks of the American River, but there are many other quality runs in the state.
Below is a list of the most commonly run rivers and links to information about them.
Disclaimer: River descriptions and classifications may change due to natural events that may create new hazards or flows.
www.c-w-r.com /rivers   (88 words)

  
 Arkansas Rivers List
This would indicate that a river is technically a 6, danger level is 4, continuity is 3, and remoteness is 1.
Our season in Arkansas is generally from October to May with the best months being March to mid May. Gauge: as much gauging info as is available Hazards: rapids, strainers, and landowners that can threaten life and limb Description: A short description of the run.
The river offers some good class II rapids in the first few miles, and at high levels there are some good surfing opportunities.
www.ozarkpages.com /whitewater/AR.html   (21004 words)

  
 Buffalo National River in the Arkansas Ozarks
The lower Buffalo River flows into the White River at Buffalo City, which is 20 minutes south of Mountain Home, Arkansas.
When you venture into the lower river area, the Buffalo National Park is on the West side of the river, and the Leatherwood Wilderness Area is on the east side.
This is the Buffalo River level measured near St. Joe, Arkansas by the U.S. Geological Survey.
www.ozarkmtns.com /buffalo/index.asp   (954 words)

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