Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
“…and justice for all”: In Continued Opposition to the Shepherd Bend Mine
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 29, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
Here in Birmingham, Alabama, we are enjoying the 50th Anniversary of our exodus from the archaic and primordial ways of thinking (racism) in 1963, and we are celebrating the great leaps, bounds, and strides that we have made as people. However, the pending question is: Where do we go from here?
Read more »First 2013 Anglers Fund Trip: Saluda River, SC
Steve White, Associate Director, The Anglers Fund and Southeast Region Development
May 28, 2013 | Dams & Dam Removal
Our 2013 Anglers Fund trip schedule got off to a great start this past week with a very successful trip to the Saluda River in Columbia, SC. Anglers Fund member, Davis Knox, Jim Gillis and Walker Hopkins, owner of River and Glen Outfitters in Augusta, GA, fished with Steve White, manager of the Anglers Fund, on the section below the Lake Murray Dam for rainbow trout in the 14”-16” range.
Read more »Become a Part of History: Join the National River Cleanup®
Alexis Goggans, Manager, National River Cleanup Campaign
May 20, 2013 | National River Cleanup
Rivers connect us. And not just to communities and ecosystems downstream, but to past and future generations as well. I remember the first time I saw the Mississippi River. I was on my way to Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, when I made a last-minute stop at the visitor center, located on the banks of the Mississippi.
Read more »What Happened with WRDA
Eileen Fretz, Flood Policy Director
May 17, 2013 | Water Pollution, Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change
The Senate wrapped up debate on the Water Resources Development Act this week and passed the bill by an overwhelming margin. A vote like this is really no surprise on a bill that has a little bit of something for everyone.
Read more »Listen To The River, And Then Fight For It!
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 16, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
Such is the mood and the temperament of the Kawishiwi River winding its way thru the heart of America's canoe wilderness, the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. How could a wilderness river be threatened when it has survived so pure for twelve thousand years since its birth under glacial ice?
Read more »Revisiting the Restored Sisquoc River
Kerri McLean, Associate Director of California River Restoration
May 16, 2013 | Dams & Dam Removal
On a hike in Los Padres National Forest outside of Santa Barbara, CA, I saw this aquatic garter snake while rock-hopping across Manzana Creek. Aquatic garter snakes flick their tongues to mimic the presence of an insect on the water’s surface, much like a fly fisherman does, in order to draw small fish within striking distance. This snake didn’t catch anything while I was watching him, but he got me thinking. Fish have plenty to worry about without dams threatening their survival.
Read more »How are California’s Existing Water Management Issues Impacted by Climate Change?
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
May 15, 2013 | Climate Change
Like many states in the western U.S., California struggles with a problem balancing water supplies and demands and climate change is exacerbating these pressures. Almost three-quarters of the state’s available water supply originate in the northern third of the state while 80 percent of water demand is located in the southern two-thirds. The state’s Mediterranean climate with wet winters and dry summers also intensifies this water imbalance.
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