Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
World Wetland Day – Love your Carolina Bay!
Amy Trice, Lapham Conservation Fellow
February 2, 2012 | Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, Water Supply
In honor of World Wetland Day, I’d like to highlight one underappreciated wetland type which happens to be a personal favorite of mine. Being a southern salamander lover, Carolina Bays have always been a fascination.
Read more »Are Extreme Weather and Climate Change like a Baseball Player on Steroids?
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
January 6, 2012 | Water Supply, Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change
That is the connection Jeff Masters, a meteorologist and cofounder of the Weather Underground, described climate change and its effect on extreme weather events like floods, droughts and heat waves in a recent PBS broadcast; “They all tend to get increased when you have this extra energy in the atmosphere. I call it being on steroids … for the atmosphere.” From record breaking heat and droughts to blizzards, hurricanes, floods and tornados, we saw 12 weather disasters in 2011 that each caused one billion dollars or more in damage.
Read more »Restore the Yakima River and its salmon!
December 21, 2011 | Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change, Water Supply, Wild and Scenic RiversFor nearly three years, I've been working with the Yakama Indian Nation and conservation partners at the National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Trout Unlimited (among others) to negotiate a package of habitat restoration and protection and water management measures to restore central Washington’s Yakima River and its salmon and steelhead in a way that earns the lasting support of the Yakama Nation, local farmers, and local communities.
Read more »Preparing for Climate Change: Massachusetts
December 15, 2011 | Water Pollution, Dams & Dam Removal, Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change, Water SupplyEarlier this fall, Massachusetts released its Climate Change Adaptation Report. Following in the footsteps of many other states, such as Wisconsin, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington, Massachusetts’ report analyzes strategies to adapt to a changing climate across many sectors from natural resources to infrastructure and the economy.
Read more »Better stream crossings make for safer roads during storms
December 12, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal, Floods & FloodplainsHere in the Northeast we saw a lot of damage to roads and streams from Hurricane Irene in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York. In many places, road-stream crossings such as bridges and culverts were over topped and washed out, leaving large gaps in our road maps, some of which are still being repaired months later.
Read more »Giving Thanks – for Fresh Food and Clean Water
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
November 29, 2011 | Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, Stormwater & Sewage, Water Supply
The holidays are a good time to pause to consider all the things for which we’re thankful. For me, all of the people in my life who keep me laughing and inspired, for family, and for good food (my husband made three different pies this year!) and access to clean and safe water.
Read more »Rivers in November: By The Numbers
Amy Souers Kober, Senior Director of Communications
November 23, 2011 | Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, National River Cleanup
A look at river conservation in November, by the numbers.
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