The Current is the online publication for American Rivers. Read the latest news and information about rivers and learn how you can help.
May 27, 2022
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Summer is upon us! Check out these 5 quick tips to make sure you and your dog have the best summer at the river yet!... Read More
May 24, 2022
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This is a Letter to the Editor of the Coastal Observer written by Becky Ryon, Coastal Conservation League
Peter Raabe, American Rivers
Lyles Cooper, Pee Dee Land Trust
Zach Bjur, Conservation Voters of SC
Amy Armstrong, SC Environmental Law Project
Rick Savage, Carolina Wetlands Association... Read More
May 24, 2022
Floods & Floodplains
The issue of water storage has become a high priority as regions such as California experience severe multi-year drought and are impacted by overextraction from aquifers.... Read More
May 10, 2022
National River Cleanup®
Hackensack Riverkeeper won the 2020 National River Cleanup photo contest with a clean sweep in both categories. This is an interview with Tyler Tierney, Hackensack Riverkeeper's Outreach Coordinator.... Read More
April 26, 2022
Conserving Clean Water, Water Supply
Breaking down the recent clean water ruling... Read More
April 18, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Conserving Clean Water, Dam Removal, Discover Rivers, Environmental Justice, Floods & Floodplains, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Science, Water Pollution, Water Supply, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Today we are announcing America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2022 and sounding the alarm that our nation’s rivers and clean water are in crisis.... Read More
April 18, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Conserving Clean Water, Environmental Justice, Most Endangered Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Science
Just, equitable and climate resilient solutions for rivers and clean water are achievable and essential, on America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022 and on every river across our nation.... Read More
March 25, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Conserving Clean Water, Dam Removal, Environmental Justice, Floods & Floodplains, Protecting Rivers, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Water Pollution, Water Supply, Wild and Scenic Rivers
The challenges facing rivers can feel overwhelming but solutions to these challenges do exist. ... Read More
March 25, 2022
Protecting Rivers
Bogle Vineyards has supported American Rivers since 2018 to ensure the health and vitality of our nation’s rivers so they continue to provide clean water, recreation and a connection to the greater outdoors.... Read More
March 23, 2022
Protecting Rivers
This is a guest blog by Tyrel Fenner, a Blackfeet and Little Shell Chippewa tribal member from Babb, Montana. Tyrel works for the Piikani Lodge Health Institute as a hydrologist on climate adaptation. He was the recipient of the 2021 American Rivers Northern Rockies Indigenous Scholarship with Freeflow Institute.... Read More
March 17, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers
Rivers are everything, they are the lifeblood to our world.... Read More
