Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
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.
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 »Making Progress Means Investing In Every Drop
Matt Niemerski, Director, Western Water Policy
May 14, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution, Water Supply
Kudos to the City of San Diego who seems to be ready to rise to the challenge of restoring balance to its water usage and the realities of an over stretched and dwindling supply.
The San Diego City Council approved new water purification plans intended to produce up to 40 percent of the city’s current water usage.
Read more »Susquehanna Fish Diseased Yet The River Is Not “Impaired”
Liz G. Deardorff, Director, Clean Water Program Pennsylvania
May 13, 2013 | Water Pollution, Urban Rivers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Pennsylvania’ Department of Protection list of impaired waterways disappointing advocates for a healthy Susquehanna River.
Read more »Knowing When To Say No
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 13, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
I live in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where strip malls are the norm. It gives me great peace of mind to know that places like Bristol Bay (including the Kvichack and Nushagak Rivers and their tributaries) exist. Even if I never see it in person, I can picture in my head the wild free-flowing rivers with their abundant runs of salmon, Arctic char, rainbow trout, dolly varden, and grayling.
Read more »April Showers Bring May...
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
May 10, 2013 | Climate Change, Floods & Floodplains, Water Supply
Who doesn’t remember the little saying from our childhood, “April showers bring May flowers?” I sure do, but I’m not so sure that the next generation will. My spring memories are full of raincoats and galoshes followed by walking barefoot through flowerbeds full of blooming peonies, irises and roses. This spring however, had a less traditional weather path, with April and May chalk full of blizzards, floods, wildfires, and drought.
Read more »Growing Algal Blooms Pose Public Health Risks
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
May 9, 2013 | Climate Change, Water Supply
As we all learned in school, the Great Lakes are an immense source of freshwater. In fact, they are the largest system of freshwater lakes in the entire world and contain nearly one-fifth of the fresh surface water found on earth. They provide drinking water to more than 40 million people, cover an area nearly the size of Oregon, and contain a wide variety of habitats, including wetlands, dunes, and forests, which are home to thousands of plant and animal species.
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