Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Protecting Clean Water in the Potomac River
May 15, 2012 | Water Pollution, Most Endangered RiversIf you live and work in the Washington, DC area, this year’s number one Most Endangered River may hit closer to home than you might think. The Potomac River provides drinking water for over 5 million people in Maryland, Virginia, and the District. Enough so that the odds are pretty good that if you drank a glass of water, made a cup of coffee, or took a shower this morning, you were using water from the Potomac.
Read more »Flood the Hill Week! Call your Senators!
Eileen Fretz, Flood Policy Director
May 8, 2012 | Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change, Water Pollution
Keep communities safe from floods. Call your Senators today: ask them to pass The Flood Insurance Modernization and Reform Act.
Read more »Is Your Favorite River Endangered This Year?
May 7, 2012 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water PollutionGuess what rivers are the most endangered this year?
Read more »2012 America’s Most Endangered Rivers® Coming May 15!
May 3, 2012 | Water Pollution, Most Endangered RiversIt’s hard to believe, but it is almost time for the release of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2012! Mark your calendars for May 15!
Read more »Benefits Of Green Infrastructure: Salty Is Not A Good thing.
Amy Trice, Lapham Conservation Fellow
May 2, 2012 | Water Pollution
Stormwater, that annoying water that builds up on sidewalks, is more than the disturbance you have to jump over as you cross the sidewalk in an effort to avoid trench foot – it also happens to be a damaging pollutant to our streams.
Read more »Cutting for Clean Water
Gary Belan, Director, Clean Water Program
April 25, 2012 | Water Pollution
For the second year in a row, Aveda selected American Rivers as to be a recipient charity for Earth Month in the mid-Atlantic region (DE, MD, VA and Washington, DC), which also happens to be where our headquarters is located. During Earth Month, participating salons and stores host all sorts of events from silent auctions to cut-a-thons to raise awareness about clean water. We LOVE being a part of Earth Month.
Read more »Lake Erie in Serious Trouble
April 24, 2012 | Water PollutionSince 2004, studies have shown that the algae problem in Lake Erie has been slowly getting worse with last year being the worst year on record. The algae, which usually stayed in Maumee Bay and the Western Basin of Lake Erie had now spread into the Central Basin and past Cleveland.
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