Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Waccamaw: Paddling with a Community
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
June 11, 2013 | Blue Trails
Last weekend, I rolled up under the Main Street Bridge in Conway, South Carolina, to see more than 40 people already unloading the kayaks and canoes and getting into the water! What a site to see so many people laughing and excited to get out on the blackwater Waccamaw River Blue Trail on a sunny Saturday morning. (Blackwater rivers get their dark, transparent color from tannins that leach into the water as leaves and vegetation decay. Most major blackwater rivers are found in the Amazon and the Southeastern U.S.!)
Read more »Bad News for Clean Water: EPA Misses Deadline to Propose Updates to Better Manage Polluted Runoff
Stacey Detwiler, Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
June 11, 2013 | Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers
It’s early June and may be just about time to start thinking about a summer vacation. For many, it might be a quick trip to the beach for some time in the sun and ocean. In fact, the typical American spends 10 recreational days along the coast every year. Or perhaps you may spend a day paddling a river or swimming at a nearby lake.
Read more »America is Rivers
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
June 10, 2013 | Blue Trails
As a primary city dweller, I have found that it is far too easy to forget the amazing topography of the United States. Mountains, rivers, lakes, plains and forests merge together to become the America we know and love. While all of these features are vastly different, together they are home to our cities, rural homesteads, parks, and wildlife found in the air, on the ground and in the sea.
Read more »Health Concerns Over Mining in Minnesota
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
June 6, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
Our waters are not all that is at stake in the campaign to protect the Kawishiwi River and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The health of our children also depends on our success. In Minnesota’s labyrinth of wetlands, streams, rivers, and lakes, contamination spreads easily through the faulted bedrock.
Read more »Climate Change Threatens the Great Outdoors
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
June 5, 2013 | Climate Change
Summertime. The perfect time to be outside, enjoying endless rays of sunshine, running barefoot, splashing in cool water and drinking lemonade. I often picture, as I sit in my cubicle, the adventures I could set off on – hiking deep into the woods, running along a trail, kayaking gently down a river or just sitting along the shore of my favorite river flowing before me. Earlier this week, the Denver Post released an article describing a bucket list of 10 different river trips to try in Colorado. As a new Denverite, you can imagine my thoughts quickly shifted to uninterrupted memories of river trips past.
Read more »June is National Rivers Month!
Alexis Goggans, Manager, National River Cleanup Campaign
June 3, 2013 | National River Cleanup
June 1st marks the beginning of summer! And with summer comes longer days, shorter nights, family vacations, barbeques and our personal favorite-National Rivers Month!
Read more »Summer music tour with The Infamous Stringdusters
Amy Souers Kober, Senior Director of Communications
May 31, 2013
Rivers and music go great together, which is why we’re excited to announce that American Rivers and The Infamous Stringdusters are teaming up for a 2013 American Rivers tour!
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