The guerrillas reacted at first with a blockade of provisions, strangling many river communities.

"The river communities really love it," said Loretta Neumann, director of the initiative.

The committee was told river communities faced annihilation if 4,000 gigalitres was returned to the environment.

Men made fortunes in the timber business, and when the industry died in the middle of the 19th century, many river communities died with it.

But most river communities appeared to be taking a breather today.

A post office was established at the river community in 1851.

Waterford is well ahead of other river communities in the Albany region.

The manatee is transferred to a purpose-built enclosure in a remote river community before full release.

Saugerties, a largely blue-collar river community, doesn't seem temperamentally suited for a rock festival.

A major flood in 1999 caused serious damage to river communities, especially Alexandra.