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Rivers that American Rivers is currently working on:
Our Projects
2010 America's Most Endangered Rivers: Upper Colorado River, CO
About American Rivers Blue Trails
America's Most Endangered Rivers: Progress and Success: 2005 - 2009
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Reports: 1986-1995
America's Most Endangered Rivers™: Threats to Our Clean Water
Connecting Water Conservation Efforts and Instream Flow Protections in the Colorado River Basin
Publications and Reports
Natural Security: How Sustainable Water Strategies are Preparing Communities for a Changing Climate (09/17/2009)
Dam Removal Success Stories (12/01/1999)
America's Most Endangered Rivers™ Report: 2008 Edition (04/17/2008)
Video: Natural Security Report (09/17/2009)
Video: America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition (04/01/2008)
Press Releases About Colorado
Deny Flaming Gorge pipeline permit, say river businesses and advocates (12/19/11)
Hopes Head Upstream for Water in Colorado River (11/14/11)
American Rivers opens Colorado office to protect and restore state’s rivers (02/07/11)
Colorado Leaders Highlight Opportunities Presented by America’s Great Outdoors Initiative (07/14/10)
American Rivers announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ of 2010 (06/02/10)
Upper Colorado River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ (06/02/10)
America’s Most Endangered Rivers to be Announced June 2 (05/17/10)
American Rivers names Grand Junction one of nation’s top “water wise” communities (09/17/09)
Future of Poudre, One of America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2008, Still Hangs in the Balance (12/11/08)
Colorado in the News
Aspen hydro project cuts off public input The Aspen Times (03/07/11)
Council tables hydro plant until July Aspen Daily News (03/01/11)
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)
Group lists America's 10 most endangered rivers CNN (06/02/10)
Upper Colorado lands sixth spot on America’s Most Endangered Rivers list The Colorado Independent (06/02/10)
River cleanup nets 1,200 bags of trash (02/16/10)
Looking Back Gunnison Times (01/07/10)
Upper Colorado River an ‘Ecosystem on the Brink,' says Trout Unlimited Ski-Hi Daily news (11/02/09)
Grand Junction cited for healthy approach to rivers The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (09/16/09)
Blog Posts About the Colorado
Busy Week for Natural Gas Across the Country (12/19/11)
Defend the Colorado River (11/29/11)
Rivers of Colorado (10/07/11)
The Wild Yampa River; The last free flowing river in the Colorado Basin (06/27/11)
Don’t let the Upper Colorado and Fraser Rivers dry up (05/25/11)
Baby Steps for Big Endangered River…Who Will Be Next? (05/15/11)
The Word of the Day: Fracking (04/14/11)
FRAC Act Re-introduced in Congress (03/24/11)
Is radioactive water making you glow, or are you just happy to see me? (03/04/11)
Show Your Love For Water Trails: Join Trails Advocacy Week (02/01/11)
National River Cleanup in Review (01/10/11)
Congress Passes Stormwater Funding Bill (12/30/10)
Make the most of the final days of summer -- 4 cool rivers to visit on a hot day. (08/12/10)
We Will Never Again Turn Our Backs to Rivers (07/26/10)
Colorado Residents Asked to Weigh in on Watershed's Future (01/29/09)
