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Tell Congress Missouri River Restoration = Flood Protection
Eileen Fretz, Associate Director of Government Relations
May 23, 2012 | Floods & Floodplains, Global Warming, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Rivers
The nation’s longest river, the Missouri River, is back on the Most Endangered Rivers list at #4 this year. We need your help to keep the Missouri River on the road to recovery and stop misguided efforts to undo river restoration.
Read more »Why I Love The Chattahoochee River
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 22, 2012 | Blue Trails, Dams & Dam Removal, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Water Efficiency
Just like you, I like my home water simply because it is mine. Even though we share our home rivers with others, we possessively think of them as nothing less than ours. As with all things we own, physically or figuratively, we want to enjoy, protect, and preserve them.
Read more »Two Cheers For The Hooch!
Jenny Hoffner, Director, Water Supply
May 22, 2012 | Blue Trails, Dams & Dam Removal, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Water Efficiency
Continuing our spotlight on America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2012, today is Chattahoochee River Day! In celebration, I wanted to share a story about my recent trip down the Chattahoochee, affectionately known by its admirers as “The Hooch.”
Read more »Paddling Up Support For The Green River
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 21, 2012 | Clean Water, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Dams & Dam Removal
The not-for-profit conservation organization American Rivers has just announced its 2012 list of the country’s most endangered rivers. Unfortunately, the historic and spectacular Green River, which flows through parts of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, made the list.
Read more »It's Green River Day! Share Your Love For The Green!
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 21, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers
Today is Green River Day! It is time to speak up on behalf of the Green River, our #2 this year on the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®. Do you love canyons? Rafting? Fishing? The Wild Wild West? If you do, this river is for you.
Read more »Cleaning Up the Potomac, One Act At A Time
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 18, 2012 | Clean Water, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers
Our friends at American Rivers have put the Potomac at the top of the America’s Most Endangered Rivers® list. With this year being the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, it is a good time to review some of the many pollution problems our river faces.
Read more »Endangered Rivers On FIRE!
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 18, 2012 | Clean Water, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Dams & Dam Removal, Floods & Floodplains, Water Efficiency, Wild and Scenic Rivers, Small Streams & Wetlands
What a week! News of the release of American Rivers’ annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® spread like wildfire this week. This gives us great hope that progress will be made towards good decisions for our ten rivers this year.
Read more »The Potomac River Diet
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 17, 2012 | Clean Water, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers
Over the course of May, American Rivers will be providing insight into America’s Most Endangered Rivers® through a series of guest blogs about this year’s ten rivers. Today, American Rivers welcomes these thoughts from Hedrick Belin, President of Potomac Conservancy:
Read more »Announcing America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2012
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 15, 2012 | Clean Water, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers
It’s here – the 2012 list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®! From pollution to fracking to dams and dredging, this year we’re highlighting issues that have a direct impact on our clean water, public health, and wildlife.
Read more »Protecting Clean Water in the Potomac River
Stacey Detwiler, Conservation Associate
May 15, 2012 | Clean Water, Small Streams & Wetlands, Restoring Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Most Endangered Rivers
If you live and work in the Washington, DC area, this year’s number one Most Endangered River may hit closer to home than you might think. The Potomac River provides drinking water for over 5 million people in Maryland, Virginia, and the District. Enough so that the odds are pretty good that if you drank a glass of water, made a cup of coffee, or took a shower this morning, you were using water from the Potomac.
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