Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
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 »Clean Water At The Supreme Court
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
December 12, 2012 | Water Pollution, Urban Rivers
I was really excited to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court last Tuesday as there was a clean water case on the docket. The oral argument session over Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council was unique in that when each side answers the question posed, they agree.
Read more »Alexandra Cousteau Talks Sustainable Water Management
Katie Rousseau, Associate Director of Clean Water Program
December 11, 2012 | Stormwater & Sewage, Water Pollution, Most Endangered Rivers
Last week’s GreenTown conference was the first step in a long process towards sustainability for the City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio. In a joint effort, the City and County along with many other local folks put together this conference that not only told the story about local sustainability efforts but also brought in big names from across the country to motivate and inspire the attendees.
Read more »Year of the River: Dam Removals in the Pacific NW
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
December 10, 2012 | Dams & Dam Removal
Autumn has been an incredibly exciting time at American Rivers, as it marks the one-year anniversary of the world’s largest dam removal project. Because of efforts like the historic river restoration initiative in Washington state—which included removal of the Glines Canyon Dam and the Elwha Dam on the Elwha River beginning last September, and the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River which began last October—American Rivers dubbed 2011 “The Year of the River.”
Read more »Owl Moon Near the Tuolumne River
Luke Hunt, Ph.D., Director, Headwaters Conservation
December 7, 2012
Somehow I heard it take flight as we stepped from the wet brush into the autumn meadow. It was the afternoon before Thanksgiving and I had enlisted my dad, son Jake, and a dear friend to help survey two twin meadows at the edge of Yosemite National Park.
Read more »Urban Rivers: Managing Clean Water In The City
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
December 5, 2012 | Urban Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
I’ll never forget the moment I watched, astonished, a tall man nonchalantly wad up his burger wrapper, step into the street, and toss it directly into the storm drain that led to the Chattahoochee River. How could he not know that streams in our cities are often right beneath us, hidden and buried away, but still leading to our creeks and eventually our rivers?
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