Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
National River Cleanup® Year in Review: 5 Ws of 2011
January 11, 2012 Last year American Rivers celebrated the 20th Anniversary of National River Cleanup. The 5 Ws below highlight the remarkable achievements of 2011:
National River Cleanup® Year in Review: 5 Ws of 2011
January 11, 2012 Last year American Rivers celebrated the 20th Anniversary of National River Cleanup. The 5 Ws below highlight the remarkable achievements of 2011:
Verde River Blue Trail Kick-Off
Jamie Mierau, Director, River Protection
December 29, 2011 | Blue Trails
Earlier this month I made my first trip to the Verde River in Arizona. Thanks to the generous support of the Walton Family Foundation, American Rivers is helping communities along the Verde to develop a Blue Trail, the water equivalent to a hiking trail.
Read more »Rivers of Colorado
October 7, 2011 | Water Supply, Water PollutionMany people associate the Colorado River with images of magnificent canyons, giant reservoirs, and terrifying rapids. For me, I think of a small trout rising to eat a Royal Wulff fly on a creek not much wider than my office.
Read more »Swimming in Slime Underscores Need for Smart Clean Water Protections
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
August 31, 2011 | Water Pollution, Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage
Green slime covering up your local swimming hole? Seems that Senator Inhofe (R-OK) found his own Grand Lake covered in algae. After swimming in the muck, the Senator became really sick. Blue-green algae are known to cause respiratory illness, skin irritation and diarrhea and tend to flourish in times of drought when water is warm and polluted with excess nutrients. As droughts become more frequent and intense, we’re likely to see more of these algal blooms that plague our favorite swimming spots...
Read more »Sand Mining for Fracking in Texas
Jessie Thomas-Blate, Coordinator, Most Endangered Rivers
June 16, 2011 | Water Pollution, Fracking, Most Endangered Rivers
The State of Texas is accepting comments on a permit to mine sand in Mountain Creek for fracking. Sand mining has the potential to pollute rivers and air quality.
Read more »Then and Now: National River Cleanup History
June 9, 2011 | National River CleanupIt was in 1991 that a group of ambitious America Outdoors employees began planning the first National River Cleanup Week. Their goal? “Remove tons of trash and debris from over 3,000 miles of waterways, encourage public involvement in the stewardship of river resources, and foster better working relationships between river interest groups.” In the twenty years since, much has changed in how we organize and run our river cleanups.
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