Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
The Mountains And Rivers In All Of Us
Evan Reimondo, Restoration and Outreach Coordinator, AmeriCorps Member
June 18, 2013 | Water Supply
I’m a relatively recent transplant to California. I moved here from Flagstaff, Arizona to take my current position with American Rivers, but I brought with me a love for the mountains. I’d visited California’s mountains before, but to get a little more familiar with them, I’ve been splitting some of my free time between reading some of John Muir’s writings, staring at topographic maps, and getting up close and personal with these objects of my affection.
Read more »Hearing to Protect Birmingham’s Drinking Water
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
June 17, 2013 | Water Pollution, Most Endangered Rivers
In April, American Rivers named the Black Warrior River one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® due to the threat of coal mining. A hearing on a proposal to declare a Black Warrior tributary as unsuitable for mining is coming up in July, and the Black Warrior Riverkeeper needs your help!
Read more »Seeing Water Differently
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
June 14, 2013 | Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers, Climate Change
I knew something was wrong when my daughter made a drawing showing water as some mix of “pipes,” “streams,” and the “ocean” – where were the fish, birds and trees? But it made sense, in a way. The nearby Gosling Pond was a stormwater detention basin surrounded by chain-link fence, and our closest river an armored channel with warnings posted for sewer overflows.
Read more »Reflections on Preserving Special Places
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
June 13, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
It was a rainy day, but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of over 60 people who paddled the South Kawishiwi River near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). This pristine river is at the heart of a vibrant resort, camping, boating, and canoeing area. Paddlers were protesting a proposed huge sulfide-ore mine that will likely pollute the river and the nearby BWCAW with toxic acid mine drainage and heavy metals.
Read more »The Rewards of Grassroots Advocacy: Saving East Rosebud Creek, Montana
Michael Fiebig, Montana Campaign Coordinator, Wyss Fellow
June 12, 2013 | Dams & Dam Removal, Wild and Scenic Rivers
It has been nearly a year since my last blog post on East Rosebud Creek, and I have some great news to share! Because of the hard work of a number of individuals and groups such as Friends of East Rosebud, Northern Plains Resource Council, Stillwater Protective Association, American Whitewater, and American Rivers, the company that was planning to dam and divert the creek for hydropower has dropped their preliminary permit to do so!
Read more »Want CNN to cover rivers? Vote!
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
June 12, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers
CNN's Change the List project allows readers to vote for five topics that reporter John D. Sutter will cover for CNN. Endangered U.S. rivers are in the running and are currently up near the top, and we could use the votes to make sure we stay there!
Read more »Waccamaw: Paddling with a Community
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
June 11, 2013 | Blue Trails
Last weekend, I rolled up under the Main Street Bridge in Conway, South Carolina, to see more than 40 people already unloading the kayaks and canoes and getting into the water! What a site to see so many people laughing and excited to get out on the blackwater Waccamaw River Blue Trail on a sunny Saturday morning. (Blackwater rivers get their dark, transparent color from tannins that leach into the water as leaves and vegetation decay. Most major blackwater rivers are found in the Amazon and the Southeastern U.S.!)
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