Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Missouri River Water Wars Continue As Drought Persists
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
January 30, 2013 | Climate Change, Floods & Floodplains, Most Endangered Rivers
Remember back in good old 2011, when the Missouri River flooded like crazy and everyone wondered if it would ever stop? Boy did it stop in 2012! The flood has been nearly forgotten with the massive drought conditions across the Midwest. In 2012, American Rivers listed the Missouri River as one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®. It truly continues to be endangered.
Read more »River Conservation Fellowship: Accepting Applications
Fay Augustyn, Conservation Associate
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, Conservation Associate
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 »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 »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.
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 »Reducing Flooding and Cleaning Water in Columbia, South Carolina
Rebecca Haynes, Associate Director, Southeast Conservation
November 28, 2012 | Floods & Floodplains, Stormwater & Sewage
You don’t normally think of the southeast when you think about green infrastructure, but we are working to change that. There are cities all over the southeast that are integrating green infrastructure into their solutions to the many problems that excessive stormwater runoff creates. Columbia, SC is the latest to move forward with the idea. The stormwater system is aging and inadequate.
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