The Potomac headwaters region, troubled in the past, may be facing new problems today. The growth of the poultry industry worries Margaret Janes, leader of the Potomac Headwaters Resource Alliance.

As the Potomac Headwaters Home Rivers Initiative coordinator for the conservation group Trout Unlimited (TU), one of Wichterman’s many jobs is to identify cold water creeks in the area that are ...

The rivers and communities of the Potomac Highlands region across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia have realized a wide variety of benefits from an Environmental Protection ...

In 2003, Mrs. Blazer led a group that first identified the phenomenon among smallmouth bass in the Potomac headwaters in West Virginia.

Signs of hope miles from bay Potomac: Acid runoff from old mines gives the bay’s second-largest tributary a troubled start in Western Maryland, but aquatic life seems to be reviving.

The headwaters also reach up into Glen Hills, another reason to limit sewer infrastructure expansion there. Implementation of the remedies will require sound science and extensive engineering ...