Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
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Alexis Goggans, Manager, National River Cleanup Campaign
May 20, 2013 | National River Cleanup
Rivers connect us. And not just to communities and ecosystems downstream, but to past and future generations as well. I remember the first time I saw the Mississippi River. I was on my way to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, when I made a last-minute stop at the visitor center, located on the banks of the Mississippi.
Read more »What Happened with WRDA
Eileen Fretz, Flood Policy Director
May 17, 2013 | Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change
The Senate wrapped up debate on the Water Resources Development Act this week and passed the bill by an overwhelming margin. A vote like this is really no surprise on a bill that has a little bit of something for everyone.
Read more »Revisiting the Restored Sisquoc River
Kerri McLean, Associate Director of California River Restoration
May 16, 2013 | Dams & Dam Removal
On a hike in Los Padres National Forest outside of Santa Barbara, CA, I saw this aquatic garter snake while rock-hopping across Manzana Creek. Aquatic garter snakes flick their tongues to mimic the presence of an insect on the water’s surface, much like a fly fisherman does, in order to draw small fish within striking distance. This snake didn’t catch anything while I was watching him, but he got me thinking. Fish have plenty to worry about without dams threatening their survival.
Read more »Listen To The River, And Then Fight For It!
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 16, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
Such is the mood and the temperament of the Kawishiwi River winding its way thru the heart of America's canoe wilderness, the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. How could a wilderness river be threatened when it has survived so pure for twelve thousand years since its birth under glacial ice?
Read more »It’s a Matter of Pride. School Pride.
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 15, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
Should the University of Alabama decide to lease or sell land and mineral rights at Shepherd Bend, the proposed coal mine on the Black Warrior River would diminish quality of life for communities along the river, impact drinking water quality, and increase water treatment costs for hundreds of thousands of people in Birmingham.
Read more »How are California’s Existing Water Management Issues Impacted by Climate Change?
Fay Augustyn, Conservation Associate
May 15, 2013 | Climate Change
Like many states in the western U.S., California struggles with a problem balancing water supplies and demands and climate change is exacerbating these pressures. Almost three-quarters of the state’s available water supply originate in the northern third of the state while 80 percent of water demand is located in the southern two-thirds. The state’s Mediterranean climate with wet winters and dry summers also intensifies this water imbalance.
Read more »Giving Herring A Helping Hand
Serena McClain, Director, River Restoration, Federal Grants
May 15, 2013
As light ebbed from the cobalt evening sky, I thought not about the damp bangs, pasted to my forehead by the humid, post-storm air, or the inky darkness that began to envelope us. Instead, my attention was solely focused on the gentle whir of the cast net as it sailed through the air, its splash as it met its mark on the Choptank River and the notion that this might be one of the coolest, weirdest Friday nights I’ve had in a while.
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