Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Floods, Droughts and Agriculture
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
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 »The Story of the San Saba River
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 23, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Supply
The San Saba River rises in the rocky, semi-arid hills and mesas of western Texas and flows easterly toward the Highland Lakes above Austin. It also packs far more adventurous history than most rivers.
Read more »Rivers Endangered in the Face of Climate Change
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
April 23, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Climate Change, Water Supply
Drought. A word that has been spread across news headlines, felt by cities, and argued about between upstream and downstream farm communities. Last year’s drought affected 65% of the country, specifically impacting over 2000 counties. While the water shortages may be “out of sight, out of mind” in many drought stricken areas, remembering past droughts and the effects they have on local residents and communities is essential for future sustainability.
Read more »Don’t Suck the Plover Dry
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 23, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Supply
Today, the stories of the Little Plover are about a “river in peril” plagued with dry-ups and the dying of its native brook trout. The river's very existence is threatened by uncontrolled, excessive pumping of groundwater. The groundwater that gives this river life also ensures the survival of other threatened Wisconsin lakes and rivers.
Read more »Preserving Green Space and Protecting the Flint River
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 22, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Supply
As the director of a land trust in the Southern Crescent area of Metropolitan Atlanta, I see first-hand the need for a healthy natural environment in my community. Since 1993, we at Southern Conservation Trust have worked diligently to preserve and protect farms and forests, environmentally sensitive land, valuable wildlife habitat, and scenic green space in the fast-growing counties south of metro Atlanta.
Read more »Getting Climate Smart!
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
April 22, 2013 | Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage, Water Supply
Last year, drought wreaked havoc across more than 65% of the country. Wildfires blazed through 9.2 million acres of the west, crops suffered across the Midwest and 2012 topped out as the hottest year on record. While the fall and winter of 2012 provided the country with much needed wet weather, Mother Nature didn’t produce quite enough to break the drought.
Read more »Outdated Water Management on the Colorado River Need to be Updated for this Century
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 19, 2013 | Climate Change, Most Endangered Rivers, Water Supply
As farmers in Colorado’s North Fork Valley, my husband Jason and I know full well that the waters of the Colorado River are the lifeblood of agriculture for us as well as many Western farmers in the seven basin states. Outdated water management requires us to "use it or lose it", which does not make sense in this century.
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