Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Experience The Beautiful Grand River
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
May 25, 2012 | Water Pollution, Fracking, Most Endangered Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Walking along the northern end of the Grand River last summer reminded me of some of the best national parks I’ve visited across the country. The bird watching is even more amazing than most areas in the United States. Kingfishers flew about, Lesser Yellow Legs trotted the shore, and even a Bald Eagle soared by the area. This year a vibrant male Scarlett Tanager was spotted!
Read more »A Love For The Hoback
May 24, 2012 | Fracking, Most Endangered Rivers, Wild and Scenic RiversIn the summer of 2006, I rode my horse along Monument Ridge riding to the East towards Bondurant. Below me several miles of the Hoback River stretched out running West to East. I stopped at the head of Horse Pasture Draw just before the ridge turned north. From this vantage point, I could see three mountain ranges— the Wyoming Range behind me, the Gros Ventre Wilderness in front, and to the South and East the spine of the Wind River Range.
Read more »Don’t Frack the Hoback!
May 24, 2012 | Most Endangered Rivers, Fracking, Wild and Scenic RiversWhat would the American public think if energy companies proposed drilling for oil in Yellowstone National Park?
Read more »River Policy Update: March Wrap-Up
Eileen Fretz, Flood Policy Director
April 3, 2012 | Water Pollution, Most Endangered Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Locals Advocate for Wild and Scenic Rivers - In March, Congress heard from people who support Wild and Scenic River designations for their favorite rivers. During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on a bill that would designate the Molalla River as a National Wild and Scenic River, Michael Moody, President of the Molalla River Alliance testified on the benefits that Wild and Scenic River designation would bring to the communities that depend on a healthy Molalla River.
Read more »St. Croix River bridge bill passes U.S. House
Eileen Fretz, Flood Policy Director
March 2, 2012 | Wild and Scenic Rivers
The U.S. House passed a bill, already greenlighted by the U.S. Senate, S. 1134, which is an earmark for the construction of a massively wasteful $700 million freeway bridge that will harm the federally protected St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Read more »Restore the Yakima River and its salmon!
December 21, 2011 | Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change, Water Supply, Wild and Scenic RiversFor nearly three years, I've been working with the Yakama Indian Nation and conservation partners at the National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Trout Unlimited (among others) to negotiate a package of habitat restoration and protection and water management measures to restore central Washington’s Yakima River and its salmon and steelhead in a way that earns the lasting support of the Yakama Nation, local farmers, and local communities.
Read more »Holiday Spirit on the Rogue
Chad Woodward, Rogue River Outreach Coordinator
December 16, 2011 | Wild and Scenic Rivers, Water Pollution
The Rogue River has new legislation to expand Wilderness and Wild and Scenic protections thanks to efforts of Oregon Congressmen and Senators.
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