Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Fiscal Cliff Spending Cuts Threaten Rivers and Clean Water
William Robert (Bob) Irvin, President
December 4, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal, Water Pollution
We don’t have to leap off the fiscal cliff like lemmings to the sea. To achieve this, however, we need a balanced solution, one that relies on sensible budget cuts that do not harm programs that provide enormous benefits to our nation, along with responsible revenue increases that are applied fairly across our society.
Read more »Grins and Gratitude on the White Salmon
Elizabeth Tobey, Communications Intern
November 13, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal
On November 2nd, the new stretch of the White Salmon River through the reservoir section and old dam site, down to the mouth of the Columbia opened to paddlers. And on Sunday the 11th, Wet Planet Whitewater hosted a float to explore and celebrate this stretch.
Read more »Drowned Towns: What Lies Beneath the Reservoirs?
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
October 30, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal
Halloween is just a day away. In a matter of hours, goblins and ghouls will be running amok in city streets and monsters will be haunting television screens. With all of the spooky activities that will soon be taking place, consider the fact that drowned towns exist all over the country. Drowned towns are towns that have been deserted and submerged by the reservoirs created by dams. So if you want to impress your friends with some eerie river trivia, wow them with your knowledge of these sunken ghost towns.
Read more »Hurricane Sandy update from Darby Creek, Pennsylvania
Brian Graber, Director, River Restoration Program, Northeast Region
October 29, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal, Floods & Floodplains
Some American Rivers staff was in the field earlier today, checking out a dam removal project site on Darby Creek, near Philadelphia, PA. They shared two videos from the site, amidst the early winds and rain from advancing Hurricane Sandy. American Rivers is working to remove four barriers in the creek and promote green infrastructure in nearby communities to restore habitat, reduce flooding, and improve clean water.
Read more »River Restoration Progress Threatened by Extreme Bill
William Robert (Bob) Irvin, President
October 9, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal
Communities nationwide are benefiting from efforts to removed unsafe, outdated dams and restore river health. In the U.S., more than 1,100 dams that have outlived their usefulness have been taken down over the past 100 years. The United States is the global leader in river restoration through dam removal.
Read more »Second of Two Dam Removals near Troy, North Carolina
Lynnette Batt, Associate Director, River Restoration Program, NC
September 20, 2012 | Water Pollution, Dams & Dam Removal
The US Fish and Wildlife Service, in partnership with the Town of Troy and American Rivers, worked to remove a dam on Denson’s Creek in Montgomery County, NC a week ago (Tues, Sept 11). The dam was built by the Town of Troy over 50 years ago to provide water supply, but it had long since stopped serving that purpose. Removing the dam will restore and reconnect habitat for several rare mussels and other high priority species.
Read more »Spawning Salmon Return to the Yakima River
Michael Garrity, Washington State Conservation Director
September 19, 2012 | Water Pollution, Wild and Scenic Rivers, Dams & Dam Removal
Last week on the way home from a conference in Ellensburg, Washington put on by the Washington State section of the American Water Resources Association (a great organization the Washingtonians among you might consider joining after you make sure your American Rivers membership is up to date), I felt the need to get outside and experience a real river after talking about them indoors for two days.
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