Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Impact of Mountaintop Mining on Public Health
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 30, 2012 | Blue Trails, Water Pollution, Most Endangered Rivers
As a child, a stream behind my house in Hughes Creek, West Virginia, provided endless hours of entertainment. I turned over rocks to find crawfish. I skipped rocks across it and attempted to catch minnows. I sent bottles downstream with notes in them requesting someone (I imagined in a foreign land) contact me. I waded across the stream in summer and had my own private “pool.”
Read more »Two Cheers For The Hooch!
Jenny Hoffner, Senior Director, Water Supply
May 22, 2012 | Blue Trails, Dams & Dam Removal, Most Endangered Rivers
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 »Help Us Fund Adventures on the LA River
April 23, 2012 | Blue TrailsIf you’ve seen the movies Grease or Terminator 2 you may question the existence of the Los Angeles River. But despite appearances, the LA River is a real river. It’s not just a movie set or a drainage ditch or a lifeless trash dump. It is a living ecosystem that carries water from the mountain ranges that surround Los Angeles into the Pacific Ocean.
Read more »Float-In for Earth Day!
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
April 18, 2012 | Water Pollution, Blue Trails
Do you love paddling and being out on the river? What better way to spend your Earth Day than on the water with friends? Good news then – our good friends at the Clean Water Network are hosting the first ever Float-In Earth Day on the Anacostia River.
Read more »New River Ambassador Program for River Businesses!
Anne Paterson, Director, Corporate Relations
April 11, 2012 | Blue Trails, National River Cleanup, Water Pollution
What’s better than floating lazily down the river on a summer afternoon? Or battling the rapids as you paddle down the river? Or dropping a line in your favorite stream as the sun is coming up? River-related businesses help make all of these experiences possible. They are also some of the best advocates for clean, healthy rivers.
Read more »One Book, One Columbia Paddle on the Congaree Blue Trail
March 30, 2012 | Blue TrailsThe Congaree River truly showed its ability to connect the Columbia, SC metro area communities when American Rivers hosted a river paddle on Saturday, March 24 to celebrate the Congaree River Blue Trail and Three Rivers Greenway.
Read more »Obama Administration’s announces new National Water Trails System
Jamie Mierau, Director, River Protection
March 5, 2012 | Blue Trails
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced yesterday the creation of a new National Water Trails System. The system will increase access to water-based outdoor recreation, encourage community stewardship of local waterways, and promote tourism that fuels local economies across America.
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