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Safeguarding our nation’s healthy rivers – from backyard streams to the wildest watersheds – for generations to come
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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
About American Rivers Blue Trails
Alpine Lakes, Washington -- American Rivers Wild and Scenic Rivers Work
Publications and Reports
The Ecological and Recreational Benefit of the Molalla River, Oregon (06/12/2009)
Beyond Banning Dams: Wild and Scenic Designations (05/05/2009)
Biological Contributions of Tributary Streams to the Wild Rogue River (11/01/2008)
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2008 Edition (04/17/2008)
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2007 Edition (04/18/2007)
Natural-Resource Amenities and Nebraska’s Economy: Current Connections, Challenges, and Possibilities (08/02/2006)
Videos
Video: Senator Merkley rafts the Molalla River with American Rivers and the Mollala River Alliance (04/13/2010)
Video: America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition (04/01/2008)
Video: Congaree River Blue Trail (07/10/2007)
Press Releases
Colorado Leaders Highlight Opportunities Presented by America’s Great Outdoors Initiative Widespread support for land and river protection and restoration (07/14/10)
Monongahela River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Natural gas extraction threatens clean drinking water (06/02/10)
Upper Delaware Named America’s Most Endangered River Gas drilling threatens drinking water for 17 million people (06/02/10)
Gauley River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 Mountaintop removal mining threatens river, communities (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)
Cedar River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 Outdated flood management threatens public safety (06/02/10)
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Outdated water and flood management threaten millions (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)
Little River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ New dam would cost taxpayers millions and devastate river health (06/02/10)
Chetco River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ Mining proposal threatens Wild and Scenic River (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)
Coosa River Named One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ for 2010 Hydropower dams threaten cultural icon of the South (06/02/10)
America’s Most Endangered Rivers to be Announced June 2 Media Advisory: For Wednesday, June 2, 2010 (05/17/10)
Alpine Lakes Wilderness & Rivers Bill Passes U.S. House of Representatives Bipartisan Legislation One Step Closer to Preserving Additions to Alpine Lakes Wilderness and Portions of the Pratt River and the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River (03/18/10)
Kershaw County, SC’s river protections are a national model (02/23/10)
New Poll Results Show Horry and Georgetown County Resident’s Thoughts on the Waccamaw River Vast majority think it is important to protect the river (12/09/09)
American Rivers Opens New Northern Rockies Office in Montana Scott Bosse to serve as Director of the office (12/02/09)
U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect Molalla River as a Wild and Scenic River (11/19/09)
American Rivers Applauds Senator Crapo for Efforts to Protect Healthy Rivers Senator Crapo named American Rivers’ 2009 River Champion (11/04/09)
American Rivers to Present at the Southeastern Water Trails Forum in Chattanooga Presentation on October 29 will cover blue trails and land protection (10/28/09)
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)
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)
Mid-Year Update: America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 Critical decisions still pending for many rivers (10/20/09)
Uncertain future for Beaver Creek, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 (10/20/09)
American Rivers in the News
Yough River benefiting from travel guide Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (07/12/09)
Yet another reason to ratchet up river cleanup effort The State (05/03/09)
Wilderness bill expands protections for Oregon, other states The Oregonian (03/25/09)
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)
Blog Posts
America’s Great Outdoors Initiative Coming to Philadelphia (07/26/10)
$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)
Community Supports Local Ordinance to Protect the Waccamaw River (07/14/10)
EPA Reaffirms LA River Protections! (07/08/10)
Speak Up for Rivers: The Heart of America’s Great Outdoors (07/06/10)
Help Shape the Fracking Study! (07/01/10)
America's Great Outdoors listening session in Charleston, SC (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)
President Obama Launches America’s Great Outdoors Initiative (05/12/10)
Waccamaw River Blue Trail Partners Announce Logo Contest Winner (05/07/10)
Great News for an Oregon Gem (05/05/10)
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day (04/14/10)
Senator Merkley on the Molalla River (04/09/10)


