Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
National River Cleanup® Top Ten List of 2012
January 7, 2013 | National River CleanupIn the spirit of year-end countdowns, the 2012 results were calculated – and it has been a remarkable year. With more cleanups than ever before, the number of volunteers picking up trash out on our nation’s river has gained momentum each year.
Read more »Greener Landscapes For A Healthier Chesapeake Bay in 2013
Liz G. Deardorff, Director, Clean Water Program Pennsylvania
January 4, 2013 | Water Pollution, Urban Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
Green infrastructure investments are one of the few spotlights in the State of the Bay report released by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) for the New Year. Promotion and support of green infrastructure solutions for managing stormwater is also identified in the Action Plan for federal resource agencies with jurisdiction in the Bay.
Read more »Much Ado About Flooding - Using Green Infrastructure to Reduce A Growing Problem
Jeffrey Odefey, Director, Stormwater Program
January 3, 2013 | Floods & Floodplains, Urban Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
To a considerable extent, the repeated crisis of local flooding is a result of the way we’ve historically built our storm sewer systems to move rainfall away from our communities in gutters, tunnels, and ditches. However, as more land is built and paved over with rooftops and parking lots, more rainfall flows into the storm sewer system in ever greater volumes.
Read more »Paddling America’s Heartland
Elizabeth Tobey, Communications Intern
January 3, 2013 | Take Action
It’s not often that a daydream to escape the office and venture outdoors attracts the notice (and large-scale funding) of a major sponsor. But that’s exactly what happened to Daniel Alvarez.
Read more »It's official - You saved the Hoback!
Scott Bosse, Director, Northern Rockies
January 2, 2013 | Fracking, Most Endangered Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Three months ago, we announced a tentative deal to spare western Wyoming’s Hoback River from industrial scale gas drilling – if we could raise $8.75 million to buy out a Texas energy company’s oil and gas leases by the end of the year.
Read more »Feeling The Heat On Uranium Mining In Virginia
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
December 21, 2012 | Most Endangered Rivers
Uranium mining is a hot topic right now in Virginia. You might remember that American Rivers listed the Roanoke River as one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2011 due to a proposed uranium mine. Since that time, the Virginia legislature has been talking about whether or not to lift a 30-year ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
Read more »Mississippi River Mayors Advise Communities Affected By Sandy
Eileen Fretz, Flood Policy Director
December 21, 2012 | Floods & Floodplains
Over the weekend, Mayors from the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative penned some advice to local officials along the east coast who are struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy. It was great to see these Mississippi River mayors reaching out to their peers on the coast and voicing some of the shared concerns of living in flood-prone areas.
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