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Stacey Detwiler
Conservation Associate
Department: Conservation , Government Relations
Area of Focus: Stacey provides support to government relations and conservation staff, specifically working towards federal clean water policy that promotes green infrastructure and reduces sewage spills and polluted stormwater runoff.
Background: Stacey joined American Rivers in 2009. Prior to this, she served as an intern with the Pew Environment Group where she worked on reforming salmon aquaculture standards and advocating for the protection of vulnerable Antarctic krill and tuna species. Stacey also worked with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council where she worked on stormwater management and green infrastructure projects in Philadelphia.
Education: B.A. in Environmental Studies and Public Policy from Connecticut College in New London, CT.
Favorite River: Schuylkill River
Blog Posts By This Author
1 in 28 People Can Get Sick from Swimming at the Beach
February 7, 2012 | Clean Water, Greening Water Infrastructure
Did you know that your odds of getting sick after swimming at your favorite beach could be as high as 1 in 28?
Read more »Innovative Infrastructure: The Back Bone of Healthy Communities
January 26, 2012 | Clean Water, Small Streams & Wetlands, Greening Water Infrastructure, Dams & Dam Removal, Water Supply
The President’s State of the Union address highlights the need for innovative approaches to infrastructure. In particular, these innovative approaches are needed for water infrastructure to protect safe drinking water and healthy rivers for our communities.
Read more »It’s Time to Stand Up for Clean Water
January 13, 2012 | Clean Water, Protecting Rivers, Small Streams & Wetlands
With the start of the new year, it’s time for the Obama Administration to make good on its commitment to clean water by restoring protections to small streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.
Read more »Tell the Administration to Stand Strong on Clean Water
December 15, 2011 | Clean Water, Protecting Rivers
Today, as protections for our rivers, lakes, and streams are under attack in Congress, it is more important than ever to let the Obama Administration know that you support clean water protections. Take action today!
Read more »Join Our Social Media Push for Clean Water Today!
December 1, 2011 | Clean Water, Protecting Rivers, Small Streams & Wetlands
Take action today – help drive home the message that Americans want their Senators to protect clean water. Here's how you can help.
Read more »An Upstream Battle For Our Rivers
November 30, 2011 | Clean Water, Greening Water Infrastructure, Protecting Rivers
Especially in the fall, one of my favorite weekend activities is to take a hike around Great Falls National Park along the Potomac River. The rushing water always reminds me how close we are to nature, even here in Washington, DC. Even though the ‘Nation’s river’ sometimes gets a bad reputation for being smelly or polluted or full of trash – as with many urban rivers – I’m realizing how much my experience here has been shaped by the river.
Read more »Seeing Green: Congressional Briefing on Clean Water and Green Infrastructure
October 28, 2011 | Clean Water, Greening Water Infrastructure, Protecting Rivers
On Tuesday, American Rivers hosted a Congressional briefing with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) on Tuesday to highlight the economic benefits of incorporating green infrastructure practices solutions to stormwater management.
Read more »Tr-ASH-ing Our Rivers with the ‘Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act’
October 14, 2011 | Clean Water, Protecting Rivers
Representative McKinley (R-WV) introduced a bill that passed out of the House to keep management and storage of toxic coal ash to the same standards as municipal landfills, putting polluters before people and creating loopholes that will do little to protect rivers and the communities that depend upon them from coal ash pollution.
Read more »Keeping Chemicals Out of Rivers
September 21, 2011 | Clean Water, Protecting Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
A few summers ago, I spent a day paddling down the Schuylkill River. Not along the scenic headwaters, as you might imagine, but right in downtown Philadelphia. There’s nothing quite like seeing a city from the river in a kayak! Across the country, people are getting back to their urban rivers. Even along the Los Angeles River, better known for its roles in the movies, people are taking the first authorized paddling trips in almost 70 years.
Read more »Contaminants in Your Clams?
August 22, 2011 | Clean Water, Greening Water Infrastructure, Protecting Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
Residents along the Long Island Sound don’t just have to worry about possible beach closures this summer. Due to heavy rainfall over the last few days, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a temporary closure for shellfish harvesting in Nassau and Suffolk Counties along the coast.
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