Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Climate – Back in the Conversation?
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
January 29, 2013 | Climate Change
Is climate change finally back in the conversation? Last week climate was a key theme in many political conversations within the Administration and on the Hill. In President Obama’s inauguration speech, climate was front and center.
Read more »American Rivers Releases Guide To Integrate Green Infrastructure Into Stormwater Permits
Jeffrey Odefey, Director, Stormwater Program
January 17, 2013 | Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers, Water Supply
Most of us don’t think about “urban stormwater” or “polluted runoff” until we notice flooding from a recent storm covering our roads and parking lots, as shown here.
But polluted stormwater runoff from our rooftops, roads and shopping centers pollutes our streams and rivers across the country and is the leading pollution source in places like the Puget Sound.
River Conservation Fellowship: Accepting Applications
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
January 14, 2013 | Climate Change, Floods & Floodplains, Water Supply
For anyone interested in engaging communities, preserving our water resources, and becoming a leader in the world of river conservation, the Anthony A. Lapham River Conservation Fellowship is the opportunity of a lifetime.
Read more »Continuing on the Path to Climate Resiliency
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
January 11, 2013 | Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage
On January 1, 2013, Maryland’s Governor O’Malley signed an executive order requiring new and rebuilt state structures to consider climate change and rising sea levels in a state with the fourth-longest tidal coastline in the continental United States. This is a significant stride to keep Maryland’s coastal region resilient in the face of uncertainty.
Read more »Investing in Resilient Infrastructure after Superstorm Sandy
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
December 13, 2012 | Climate Change, Floods & Floodplains, Stormwater & Sewage
When Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast in early November, it wreaked unprecedented destruction. In addition to flooding streets and subway tunnels, uprooting trees, damaging cars and houses, and injuring and killing residents of the area, Sandy also caused incredible damage to New York and New Jersey’s water infrastructure.
Read more »Colorado River Study: Will There Be Enough Water To Support The Demand?
Matt Niemerski, Director, Western Water Policy
December 13, 2012 | Water Supply, Climate Change
Yesterday, The Bureau of Reclamation issued its Final Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. Authorized by Congress through the Secure Water Act of 2009 and jointly funded and prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states – that projects water supply and demand imbalances throughout the Colorado River Basin and adjacent areas over the next 50 years.
Read more »Is there a Connection – Hurricanes and Climate Change?
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
November 2, 2012 | Climate Change
As reports of the devastation from Sandy the “Frankenstorm” continue to come in, and the staggeringly expensive recovery gets under way, I find myself thinking about hurricanes and climate change. While we can’t connect one specific event like Hurricane Sandy to climate change, we can connect the dots to climate change by the increased number and severity of hurricanes and other storms. Climate change may not cause any single storm, but it creates the conditions that fuel more frequent and intense storms.
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