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Our Work

2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Upper Delaware River, PA / NY

25 Years of Success

58 Dams Slated For Removal Across the Country in 2009

About American Rivers Blue Trails

America's Most Endagered Rivers: Progress and Success

America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Reports: 1986-1995

America's Most Endangered Rivers™: 2010 Edition

American Rivers Blue Trails

Fort Covington Dam, Salmon River, NY

Sewage and Stormwater

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Publications and Reports

Permitting Dam Removal: The State of (Several) States (09/01/2007)

Natural Security: How Sustainable Water Strategies are Preparing Communities for a Changing Climate (09/17/2009)

Ecological Riverfront Design: Restoring Rivers, Connecting Communities (05/01/2004)

America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2008 Edition (04/17/2008)

America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2007 Edition (04/18/2007)

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Videos

Video: Natural Security Report (09/17/2009)

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

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Press Releases

Upper Delaware Named America’s Most Endangered River Gas drilling threatens drinking water for 17 million people (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)

America’s Most Endangered Rivers to be Announced June 2 Media Advisory: For Wednesday, June 2, 2010 (05/17/10)

American Rivers names Staten Island one of nation’s top “water wise” communities Report shows how city is using innovative strategies to protect clean water, prepare for climate change (09/17/09)

Fort Covington Dam Removal to Benefit Public Safety, Flood Protection, and Salmon River Fisheries Reporters are invited to tour the removal on Tuesday, July 7 (07/01/09)

New York State Governor Paterson's New Executive Order May Put Communities at Risk of Dam Failure Statement of Stephanie Lindloff of American Rivers (04/29/09)

Green Infrastructure Projects in New York Would Create Jobs, Stimulate Economy Ready-to-go projects already identified (12/17/08)

Good News on St. Lawrence River, One of America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2008 Eight months after "Most Endangered River" listing, damaging plan is defeated (12/11/08)

Fort Covington Dam Removal to Benefit Public Safety, Flood Protection, and Fisheries Major river restoration project begins this week (11/11/08)

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American Rivers in the News

Chilling Images of Drilling's Perils, Met by Numbed Eyes The New York Times (06/10/10)

America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers The Epoch Times (06/08/10)

List of Top 10 Endangered Rivers Includes Two That Flow Through The National Park System National Parks Traveler (06/06/10)

Group: Natural gas drilling threatens Upper Delaware The Philadelphia Inquirer (06/02/10)

Group lists America's 10 most endangered rivers CNN (06/02/10)

Hydro plant seeks seal of approval Times Union (11/28/09)

A burst of blue Staten Island Live (11/02/09)

Statement from Save The River on the release of World Wildlife Fund-Canada’s Rivers At Risk report Save the River Blog (10/15/09)

Bluebelt at forefront of 'water wise' practices Staten Island Advance (10/04/09)

Staten Island nationally recognized for its stormwater management Staten Island Advance (09/17/09)

Salmon River could correct itself Press Republican (09/13/09)

Salmon River slowdown Press Republican (08/31/09)

'Fracking' method of gas extraction under scrutiny Times Herald-Record (08/10/09)

Awareness Week on the Raquette River Press-Republican (07/28/09)

Record trout is the latest big catch Times Union (07/16/09)

Operation Black River Cleanup returns July 18th NewsWatch 50 (07/14/09)

Dam removal making progress Watertown Daily Times (07/08/09)

New York Resumes Fort Covington Dam Removal Water and Wastewater (07/06/09)

Fort Covington Dam Removal to Benefit Public Safety, Flood Protection, and Salmon River Fisheries Great Lakes Boating blog (07/01/09)

Chemung River cleanup requests volunteers Star Gazette (06/15/09)

Guv’s order is dam shame, say foes Crain's Insider (04/30/09)

Volunteers urged to clean stream banks Mid-Hudson News Network (04/05/09)

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Blog Posts

NY Senate Votes for Marcellus Moratorium and Shocking PA Study is Reported (08/12/10)

The Mad Hatter Resides at ORSANCO (08/11/10)

$1 Million to Study Cumulative Impact of Water Withdrawals from ‘Fracking’ (07/26/10)

Help Shape the Fracking Study! (07/01/10)

The Ten Most Endangered Rivers of 2010 - Plus 22 Success Stories! (06/02/10)

Green Infrastructure as Modern Art: Sustaining Our Cities (04/20/10)

Green Reserve – Water Infrastructure in the Stimulus at One Year (02/12/10)

“Hydrofracking” poses threats to Streams and Rivers (01/26/10)

American Rivers Comments on the President’s Executive Order on the Chesapeake Bay (01/12/10)

Manhattan water main break is example of national water infrastructure problems (08/07/09)

See a Newly Free Flowing Salmon River! (07/16/09)

Smart Infrastructure Investments Will Boost Jobs, Quality of Life (02/09/09)

Dams Continue to Come Down as Winter Approaches (11/12/08)