Gary Belan
Director, Clean Water Program
Department: Conservation
Area of Focus: Gary works to promote green infrastructure in the United States, a concept that includes specific engineering and policy tools to improve the way communities manage their water resources. Gary works with a variety of groups to achieve this goal, including grassroots environmental organizations, business interests, as well as local, state and federal government agencies. He particularly loves the fact that his work allows him to empower local environmental groups, while simultaneously working on federal policy.
Background: Gary joined American Rivers in May 2003. Prior to American Rivers, he worked as a project engineer for the Clark Construction Group, working on large commercial building projects.
Education: B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia, and M.A. in Environmental Policy from American University
Favorite River: Potomac River
Blog Posts By This Author
Miles Per Gallon for Raindrops - What is a Performance Based Standard for Managing Stormwater?
April 5, 2013 | Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers, Water Pollution
American Rivers has been a leader on clean water issues for some time now, and nowhere is this more evident than in our work on stormwater. In particular, we have been working to ensure that the USEPA comes out with a balanced and effective approach to managing stormwater in its anticipated new stormwater rule.
Read more »Miles Per Gallon for Raindrops - What is a Performance Based Standard for Managing Stormwater?
April 5, 2013 | Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers, Water Pollution
American Rivers has been a leader on clean water issues for some time now, and nowhere is this more evident than in our work on stormwater. In particular, we have been working to ensure that the USEPA comes out with a balanced and effective approach to managing stormwater in its anticipated new stormwater rule.
Read more »A Clean Water Solution: The Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard
December 18, 2012 | Water Pollution, Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers
Who would have thought that our water pollution problems could be solved by the 1%? Well, not the 1% of the well off, but by 1% increments. That is the concept behind the new Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard guide we are releasing today.
Read more »Cutting for Clean Water
April 25, 2012 | Water Pollution
For the second year in a row, Aveda selected American Rivers as to be a recipient charity for Earth Month in the mid-Atlantic region (DE, MD, VA and Washington, DC), which also happens to be where our headquarters is located. During Earth Month, participating salons and stores host all sorts of events from silent auctions to cut-a-thons to raise awareness about clean water. We LOVE being a part of Earth Month.
Read more »Healthy Rivers mean Healthy Lakes at Great Lakes Day
March 1, 2012 | Water Pollution
Some of you may have seen some of my tweets or one of the American Rivers retweets sent during the initial meetings of this years Great Lakes day hosted by the Healing Our Waters coalition, of which we're a proud member. Members of the coalition are coming into Washington D.C. from around the Great Lakes to meet with their members of Congress to talk about a number of different issues around the Great Lakes.
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