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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
March 10, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers
Why the River Democracy Act is crucial to fighting Climate Change and Wildfire... Read More
March 2, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Water is arguably our most precious resource—especially during times of drought and fire.... Read More
February 28, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Conserving Clean Water
The IPCC report released today is yet another urgent alarm bell, urging us to wake up to the real dangers of climate change that communities across the globe are already experiencing.... Read More
February 24, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Protecting Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Healthy, resilient rivers lead to healthy, resilient communities.... Read More
February 22, 2022
Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers
Removing dams has tremendous benefits for river health, public safety and climate resilience, according to “Free Rivers: The State of Dam Removal in the U.S.,” a report released today by American Rivers.... Read More
February 22, 2022
Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers
We curated the following list of 25 dam removal projects to highlight opportunities to watch out for in 2022.... Read More
February 21, 2022
Discover Rivers, Environmental Justice
As the new Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, I am excited to engage my arts and humanities background in Black studies and gender studies, and apply it to our exploration of river songs!... Read More
February 17, 2022
Water Pollution, Water Supply
A framework for successful collaboration... Read More