Stacey Detwiler
Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
Department: Conservation
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Department: 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
Dirty Water in the Farm Bill
June 14, 2012 | Water Pollution
Right on the heels of the latest attacks on the Clean Water Act, the Senate is now preparing to take up the Farm Bill (S. 3240). This year’s bill includes multiple dirty water amendments that seek to prevent the Administration from moving forward on various clean water policies or to roll back and undermine the Clean Water Act itself.
Read more »The Latest Threat to Clean Water
June 1, 2012 | Water Pollution
Today, the House is voting on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of FY 2013 today, which includes a dirty water provision that would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from clarifying the scope of the Clean Water Act and restoring protections to small streams and wetlands.
Read more »Dirty Water Bill in the House
June 15, 2011 | Water Pollution
The latest attack on clean water takes the form of the ‘Clean Water for Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011’ (H.R. 2018) introduced by Representative Jon Mica (R-FL). More accurately titled the “Dirty Water Act of 2011,” this bill has very little to do with actually protecting and restoring clean water supplies for our communities. Instead, this bill threatens the very safeguards in the Clean Water Act that protect our safe, clean water.
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