Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest – are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline ...

Democrats have been all aflutter for the past six months over the possibility that President Donald Trump might ignore a ...

Democrats have been all aflutter for the past six months over the possibility that President Donald Trump might ignore a Supreme Court decision that isn’t to his liking. Where’s the similar concern ...

The House Study Committee on Navigable Streams and Related Matters grew out of a legislative effort to name sections of some 64 streams and rivers in Georgia as “navigable” and thus open to ...

Rep. James Burchett, R-Waycross, who sits on the Navigable Streams Study Committee and authored the legislative proposal guaranteeing public access to just 5% of Georgia’s streams, ...

The legislation does not affect non-navigable rivers or streams or modify the definition of navigability. The definition of navigability is codified in OCGA §44-8-5-(a).

The Navigable Waters Protection Rule will go into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. However, opponents of the new rule may seek a judicial stay of its effects.

MPs on the Transport Committee held hearings today into changes to the 130-year-old Navigable Waters Protection Act. The act is being overhauled in the government's second omnibus budget bill.