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2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Beaver Creek, AK
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Flint River, GA
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Laurel Hill Creek, PA
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Lower Snake River
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Lower St. Croix River
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Mattawoman Creek
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: North Fork of the Flathead River, MT
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Pascagoula River, MS
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Sacramento-San Joaquin River System, CA
2009 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Saluda River, SC
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Cedar River, IA
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Chetco River, OR
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Coosa River, AL
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Gauley River, WV
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Little River, NC
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Monongahela River, PA / WV
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Teton River, ID
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Upper Colorado River, CO
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Upper Delaware River, PA / NY
America's Most Endagered Rivers: Progress and Success
America's Most Endangered Rivers: 2009 Edition
Publications and Reports
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2008 Edition (04/17/2008)
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2007 Edition (04/18/2007)
Videos
Video: America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition (04/01/2008)
Press Releases
Gauley River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 Mountaintop removal mining threatens river, communities (06/02/10)
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Outdated water and flood management threaten millions (06/02/10)
Coosa River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 Hydropower dams threaten cultural icon of the South (06/02/10)
Monongahela River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Natural gas extraction threatens clean drinking water (06/02/10)
Cedar River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 Outdated flood management threatens public safety (06/02/10)
American Rivers announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ of 2010 Report features 25 years of endangered rivers success stories (06/02/10)
Upper Delaware Named America’s Most Endangered River Gas drilling threatens drinking water for 17 million people (06/02/10)
Upper Colorado River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Water diversions threaten prized trout fisheries and sustainable water supply (06/02/10)
Teton River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 New dam would waste taxpayer dollars, threatens river health (06/02/10)
Chetco River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Mining proposal threatens Wild and Scenic River (06/02/10)
Little River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ New dam would cost taxpayers millions and devastate river health (06/02/10)
America’s Most Endangered Rivers to be Announced June 2 Media Advisory: For Wednesday, June 2, 2010 (05/17/10)
Uncertain future for Laurel Hill Creek, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, outlook is mixed for future of excessive water withdrawals (10/20/09)
Flint River, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009, still faces critical threats Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, river still threatened by pressures to dam (10/20/09)
Sacramento-San Joaquin River System, America’s Most Endangered River of 2009, still faces critical threats Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, river still threatened by water and flood systems, ecosystem collapse (10/20/09)
Uncertain future for Mattawoman Creek, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, outlook is mixed for future of overdevelopment protections (10/20/09)
Uncertain future for Lower St. Croix River, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, outlook is mixed for future of Wild and Scenic protections (10/20/09)
Uncertain future for Beaver Creek, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 (10/20/09)
Uncertain future for Saluda River, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, outlook is mixed for future of phosphorous pollution (10/20/09)
Mid-Year Update: America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 Critical decisions still pending for many rivers (10/20/09)
The Snake River, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009, still faces critical threats Six months after “Most Endangered River” listing, river still threatened by Obama administration’s failure to significantly revise Bush-era salmon plan (10/20/09)
Landmark Hydro Agreement will Boost Safety and Health of Saluda and Congaree Rivers American Rivers signs settlement agreement for Saluda Hydroelectric Project (07/23/09)
South Carolina Takes Step to Protect Clean Water, Public Health With summer recreation season on the horizon, American Rivers thanks House for passage of sewage notification legislation (06/02/09)
American Rivers in the News
Yet another reason to ratchet up river cleanup effort The State (05/03/09)
What the Trout Tell Us Flathead Beacon (07/15/09)
We owe the Willamette River more trees, less concrete The Register Guard (11/22/09)
Waterkeepers Watchdog Programs Expanding in Carolinas Carolina Currents (07/06/09)
Water watchdogs wooed back to advisory council The Salem News (11/04/09)
Blog Posts
$1 Million to Study Cumulative Impact of Water Withdrawals from ‘Fracking’ (07/26/10)
Shaking Things Up in Marcellus: Drilling Company Announces Voluntary Disclosure of Chemicals (07/20/10)
Help Shape the Fracking Study! (07/01/10)
Paddling the Little River in NC: America’s 4th Most Endangered River (06/28/10)
Free Chance to Win Summer Gear (06/25/10)
Cheers for the Chetco! (06/15/10)
Explosive Awakening Highlights Need for Caution (06/04/10)
The Ten Most Endangered Rivers of 2010 - Plus 22 Success Stories! (06/02/10)
Sneak Preview of an Endangered River Success: The Penobscot (05/28/10)
Sneak Peek at an Endangered River Success: The Elwha (05/25/10)
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day (04/14/10)
British Columbia government announces protections for Flathead (02/12/10)
Save the Wild Rogue (01/27/10)
“Hydrofracking” poses threats to Streams and Rivers (01/26/10)
Good news on the Kinnickinnic (11/04/09)
Saving The Saluda (07/22/09)
Flint River Mapped Out (05/27/09)
Voices of Rivers (05/27/09)
Chesapeake Bay Program Also has its Success Stories (03/24/09)
Run, Rogue, Run! (11/11/08)


