Update on March 17 at 11 a.m. DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The prescribed burn scheduled for Monday morning was postponed. Around 11 a.m., city officials shared an update that conditions did not allow ...

Water and sediment from Lake Decatur is pumped into the Oakely Sediment Basin.

Sediment samples from the bottom of Lake Tahoe help scientists offer a glimpse into the basin's seismic and climatic past, as well as its future.

Macon County residents may see thick, black smoke throughout the day coming from Oakley township as a prescribed burn occurs at the City's sediment storage basin.

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — March 26 is the new date the City of Decatur plans to hold a prescribed burn at the sediment basin, after it was previously postponed. The burn will take place near Oakley ...

Stream channel morphology and sediment textures are a product of the basin-wide delivery of sediment and water. Differences in sediment supply, particularly bed load, between watersheds should thus be ...

A new study of the Amazon River basin shows lowland rivers that carry large volumes of sediment meander more across floodplains and create more oxbow lakes than rivers that carry less sediment.

The city of Decatur has announced conditions were not favorable for a prescribed burn Monday around the sediment basin in Oakley.

OAKLEY, Ill. (WAND) — After being rescheduled due to severe weather, a prescribed burn will be taking place at the Oakley Sediment Basin on Wednesday.

Swamps thrive on the seasonal rise and fall of water, a critical natural cycle for the flora and fauna in the Atchafalaya Basin.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture CEAP study shows that conservation practices applied to cultivated cropland in the Ohio-Tennessee River Basin are reducing losses of sediment, nitrogen and ...