A 4-mile hike exploring the Waynesville Watershed will embark at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. The group will meet at the town’s water treatment plant a.
Just how dangerous are microplastics to the environment and to us? There are growing, collaborative efforts in Western North Carolina to find out.Richland Creek
A few years ago, Jerry Miller, professor in Western Carolina University’s Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, began looking at microplastics and its effects on rivers and streams in western
Beaverdam Creek is easy to miss. Tree-lined banks shield the small, shallow stream from view as it runs toward the Pigeon River in Canton, and until t.