Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Cleanup the Coal Ash!
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
April 24, 2013 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Pollution
Thirteen years ago, when my husband and I built our house on Mountain Island Lake, I thought the smokestacks of Duke Energy’s Riverbend Steam Station were nothing more than an eyesore. Over these past 13 years, a lot has changed. I’ve given birth to two children, watched my mother battle cancer, and then battled it myself. Spurred by those life-changing events, I’ve become more educated and aware about what is going on around me. I now know that Riverbend doesn’t just mar my lake view. It jeopardizes our entire community.
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 »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 »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 »Celebrate Earth Day with American Rivers!
Alexis Goggans, Manager, National River Cleanup Campaign
April 22, 2013 | National River Cleanup
Today Earth Day is the largest civic observance in the world! More than 1 billion people gather across the globe to volunteer, celebrate and protect our amazing planet and its precious resources. American Rivers acknowledges that rivers and the ecosystems that depend on them connect every living thing on the planet. We also know that protecting and restoring them isn’t something we can do alone. We need your help!
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.
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