Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Study Finds 11 Billion Gallons of Sewage Entered Rivers & Bays after Hurricane Sandy
Stacey Detwiler, Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
May 2, 2013 | Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers
More than six months ago, Hurricane Sandy swept through the mid-Atlantic leaving a path of destruction across New York, New Jersey, and surrounding states. With total damage estimates reaching $70 billion, communities across the region are still recovering from its impacts.
Read more »Cities and States Are Staying Afloat by Preparing for Rising Seas
Fay Augustyn, Conservation Associate
May 2, 2013 | Climate Change, Floods & Floodplains
After what seems like a never-ending winter, there are many things that I’m looking forward to about the approach of summer: sunshine, warm weather, outdoor patio dining, and beach vacations. But for the millions of people who live along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, summer also marks the beginning of hurricane season. Last year, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the northeastern seaboard, destroying lives, homes, and businesses and in the process racking up $50 billion in damage.
Read more »Protecting Special Places is Important for Local Businesses
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 1, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
The resort lies across the river from the Twin Metals sulfide metal mining exploration area, which caused the Boundary Waters to be declared one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2013. Visitors do not come here to listen to the drone of drills and heavy equipment going on across the lake in an area considered “ground zero” for sulfide mining exploration.
Read more »Our New Report on Restoring Healthy Flows in Georgia’s Upper Flint River
Ben Emanuel, Associate Director, Water Supply
April 30, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Climate Change, Water Supply
April has been a busy month at American Rivers, with the release of our annual Most Endangered Rivers® list. As you may have noticed, many of the rivers spotlighted on this year’s list are there because of threats related to water quantity, which is increasingly a concern here in the Southeast. That’s the case for the Georgia’s Flint River, where low flows threaten the river’s health throughout its length from Atlanta to the Florida state line.
Read more »How Much Does Central Wisconsin Suck?
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 30, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Supply
Plover is a quiet, beautiful town of about 12,000 people that was a great place to grow up as a kid. I remember swimming, canoeing, and exploring the wildlife of the Little Plover River during the endless days of summer vacations. In the 1980's, when I was 12 years old, everything seemed perfect. The A-Team was on television, the movie Top Gun had just been released, and I got to roast marshmallows down by the river on the weekends, listening to the frogs “ribbit” in the dark as my sister and I made s’mores.
Read more »Floods, Droughts and Agriculture
Fay Augustyn, Conservation Associate
April 29, 2013 | Climate Change, Water Supply
Agriculture is part of the bedrock of American life. It provides food for our tables, jobs for our citizens, and it supports a significant chunk of our economy. U.S. agricultural exports alone generate more than $100 billion annually in business activity in the U.S., and provide jobs for nearly one million workers.
Read more »Maintain Protections for the Merced River
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 29, 2013 | Floods & Floodplains, Most Endangered Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Highlighting this remarkable network as the most iconic river of the Golden State, the Merced tumbles out of Yosemite Valley and into the Sierra foothills— its protection the result of a popular groundswell and decisive congressional agreements in both 1987 and 1992.
Escaping the rancor that typifies political debates today, this system of protected waterways has never faced a serious effort to undermine its meaning or effectiveness. Until now.
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