America's Most Endangered Rivers™

Our Projects

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

25 Years of Success

America's Most Endangered Rivers: 2009 Edition

America's Most Endangered Rivers: Background and Criteria

America's Most Endangered Rivers: FAQs

America's Most Endangered Rivers: Progress and Success: 2005 - 2009

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)

Video: America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition (04/01/2008)

Press Releases About American Rivers Resources: America's Most Endagered Rivers

American Rivers statement on effort to roll back St Croix Wild and Scenic River protections (01/24/12)

Hopes Head Upstream for Water in Colorado River (11/14/11)

“Endangered River” victory on the Chicago River (06/08/11)

Sewage Bacteria Makes Chicago River One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Susquehanna named Most Endangered River in the Nation (05/17/11)

Yuba named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Mississippi River named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Black Warrior River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

American Rivers Names America’s Most Endangered Rivers(TM) of 2011 (05/17/11)

Green River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

St. Croix again named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Roanoke River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Ozarks Riverways among Nation’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Hoback named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

Bristol Bay Rivers among America’s Most Endangered Rivers (05/17/11)

The most anti-environmental piece of legislation in history (02/24/11)

American Rivers opens Colorado office to protect and restore state’s rivers (02/07/11)

Major hurdle cleared in effort to remove Condit Dam (12/16/10)

Chetco River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ (06/02/10)

Upper Colorado River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ (06/02/10)

Little River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ (06/02/10)

Gauley River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 (06/02/10)

Teton River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 (06/02/10)

Upper Delaware Named America’s Most Endangered River (06/02/10)

Coosa River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 (06/02/10)

American Rivers Resources: America's Most Endagered 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 About the American Rivers Resources: America's Most Endagered Rivers

River Policy Update: 2011 Wrap-Up (02/03/12)

An "Energetic" State of the Union (01/27/12)

Wild and Scenic Film Festival Highlights Yuba Salmon (01/20/12)

Help Keep the Roanoke River Free of Uranium! (01/19/12)

Protecting Rivers in NY from Fracking (01/06/12)

Success on Mattawoman Creek (12/20/11)

What is Happening with the 2011 Most Endangered Rivers? (12/08/11)

Attention Bears, Cubs, and Bulls: Chicago River is Becoming a Cleaner Watering Hole (12/02/11)

Say No to Fracking for North Carolina (12/02/11)

Help Us Give the Delaware River an Upgrade (11/28/11)

DRBC Postpones Vote on Fracking Regulations (11/18/11)

Will the Delaware River Basin Soon be Fracked Up? (11/17/11)

Help protect the Wild and Scenic Chetco River against mining (11/01/11)

Tribes, Fishers, and Local Residents Oppose Pebble Mine (10/25/11)

Mussel sampling is a fun way to experience your river (09/16/11)

National Fracking Call Day (09/13/11)

Nominate Your Endangered River for 2012 (09/08/11)

A Wild Chetco Adventure (08/26/11)

6th Street: Un-paving the path to Green (08/24/11)

Turning Ripples Into Waves on the Black Warrior (08/09/11)