Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Meadow Stewards Group formed for Hope Valley Restoration Project
July 6, 2012 | Water Pollution, Water SupplyOn May 6th a large group of passionate citizens from both California and Nevada came out to Hope Valley Meadow for a volunteer orientation. American Rivers and local partners are leading an effort to rehabilitate this iconic meadow that lies in a high Sierra watershed that feeds both states. The Alpine Watershed Group and Friends of Hope Valley helped recruit and coordinate this Meadow Stewards group, and were looking for volunteers interested in helping with water quality monitoring, streamflow monitoring, and photo monitoring in Hope Valley.
Read more »North Carolina Fracking Law Vetoed, Veto Overturned
Peter Raabe, North Carolina Conservation Director
July 3, 2012 | Fracking, Water Pollution, Water Supply
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed S820, the North Carolina law that would allow fracking to happen in the state. The bill would have rushed to open the state up to fracking without the appropriate studies to assure that the clean waters of the state were protected from polluted fracking waste water.
Read more »Tubing The Shenandoah Puts Importance Of Clean Water Into Focus
Stacey Detwiler, Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
June 29, 2012 | Water Pollution
Last weekend, I spent the day tubing down the Shenandoah River by Harper’s Ferry, close to where it meets the Potomac. There are few better ways to beat the heat of a Washington, DC summer than escaping downtown and spending some time on (or in) the water!
Read more »Reducing Our Plastic Use – One “River Fan” At A Time
June 28, 2012 | Water Pollution, National River CleanupLast weekend a few American Rivers staff members volunteered for a cause near and dear to our hearts. We joined the Brita Filter for Good® Music Project team at the Dave Matthews Band concert in Virginia to speak to fans about the importance of reducing their plastic waste.
Read more »Fracking With Diesel
June 27, 2012 | Water Pollution, FrackingRecently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been developing permitting guidance for hydraulic fracturing operations using diesel. The guidance will be the first federal policy focused on protecting drinking water sources from fracking.
Read more »A Repeat of 2011? Dirty Water Riders in the House Interior Appropriations Bill
Stacey Detwiler, Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
June 20, 2012 | Water Pollution
Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will mark up their appropriations bill for fiscal year 2013. This bill authorizes spending for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Interior (DOI), and other agencies like the Forest Service. Unfortunately, in a repeat of 2011, the House Interior-EPA Appropriations bill includes significant cuts to critical funding for water infrastructure as well as a number of dirty water riders that put polluters before people.
Read more »Dirty Water in the Farm Bill
Stacey Detwiler, Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
June 14, 2012 | Water Pollution
Right on the heels of the latest attacks on the Clean Water Act, the Senate is now preparing to take up the Farm Bill (S. 3240). This year’s bill includes multiple dirty water amendments that seek to prevent the Administration from moving forward on various clean water policies or to roll back and undermine the Clean Water Act itself.
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