20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (491+ words) The new blockage caused immediate concern because loose volcanic debris can fail when water rises against it. Engineers completed a spillway in 1981 to control the lake level and reduce downstream flood risk. The lake remained in the valley, surrounded by…...

1+ day, 23+ min ago   (650+ words) Zebra mussels feed by drawing water across their gills and removing suspended particles. Phytoplankton makes up a major share of that material. An adult may filter roughly one liter of water per day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Multiply that…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (682+ words) WorldAtlas Grand Mesa in western Colorado has a summit plateau of roughly 500 square miles, a tabletop broad enough to hold more than 300 lakes. Around the mesa, softer rock beneath its basalt cap has steadily eroded while the resistant summit has…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (425+ words) A short walk up Main Street leads to Harbor Park at the center of town where annual festivals like the North Atlantic Blues Fest host live music to the waterfront. The main stage of the Rockland Maine Lobster Festival is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1089+ words) WorldAtlas Miles of mountain road carry drivers out of a breakfast counter in Heflin and up to the highest point in Alabama. The Talladega Scenic Drive in western Alabama is open year-round and perfect for nature lovers. At just 26 miles…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (695+ words) Morning arrives quietly in Bath. The first activity often comes from Bath Creek, where anglers cast lines from the docks and sailboats drift across calm water. A few blocks inland, streets lined with centuries-old homes remain remarkably unchanged, giving North…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (605+ words) Lubec is the easternmost town in the contiguous United States. The candy-striped tower at West Quoddy Head Light is what most people know first, and it still marks the sunrise-earliest point in the country. Quoddy Head State Park spreads coastal…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (333+ words) A 2014 netting survey found native salmonids recovering. Water-quality readings were similar before and after treatment, and surveys found comparable invertebrate diversity. Alaska Fish and Game now records the invasive northern pike population as successfully removed. The Indiana Department of Natural…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (577+ words) Held each September for more than a century, the first Candy Dance took place in 1919 when Lillian Virgin Finnegan, daughter of a local judge, proposed a dance to raise money for the town's first streetlights. To guarantee a good turnout,…...

2+ day, 53+ min ago   (874+ words) WorldAtlas The ice sheets that covered the northern United States dragged rock hundreds of miles before melting out from under it, and the boulders they abandoned rarely match the ground they sit on today. Geologists call these rocks glacial erratics....