Staff experts
To connect with these and other staff experts please contact Amy Kober or call 503-708-1145.
National river conservation and clean water issues
River restoration and dam removal
Serena McClain, Director of River Restoration
Wild river protection
David Moryc, Senior Director of River Protection
Clean water supplies and water management
Press Releases
Below are the latest press releases. You can filter by issue or region to find information of interest.
November 17, 2021
2008 Clean Water Act veto of damaging Yazoo Pumps Project is upheld November 15, 2021 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 Olivia Dorothy, 217-390-3658 American Rivers today applauds EPA Administrator Michael Regan’s decision to uphold the 2008 veto of the Yazoo Pumps, a massive agricultural drainage project north of Vicksburg, Mississippi.... Read More
November 17, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2021 CONTACTS: Jill Mastrototaro | Audubon Delta | (504) 481-3659 | jill.mastrototaro@audubon.org Louie Miller | Mississippi Sierra Club | (601) 624-3503 | louie.miller@sierraclub.org Olivia Dorothy | American Rivers | (217) 390-3658 | odorothy@americanrivers.org Andrew Whitehurst | Healthy Gulf | (601) 954-7236 | andrew@healthygulf.orgStu Gillespie... Read More
November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 Washington – American Rivers today announced that Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis (she/they) will join the organization as Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice. Throughout their career, Dr. Lewis has worked to center and amplify the voices of Black, Indigenous,... Read More
November 6, 2021
Dam Removal
November 6, 2021 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers today applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill which contains significant funding for rivers and clean water nationwide. A key highlight of the package is the $2.4 billion that American Rivers helped secure for... Read More
November 5, 2021
November 5, 2021 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers applauds the Senate’s confirmation of Mike Connor as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the top civilian post overseeing the Army Corps of Engineers. Connor, a member of the Taos Pueblo tribe, served as deputy Interior secretary... Read More
November 3, 2021
Senators Heinrich and Lujan re-introduce legislation to protect New Mexico’s Gila River November 2, 2021Contact: David Moryc, 503-307-1137; Mike Fiebig, 406-600-4061 Responding to strong community support, Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan today introduced legislation to add New Mexico’s Gila River to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The... Read More
October 22, 2021
Floods & Floodplains
October 18, 2021 Contact: Patrick Phelan, Infrastructure Administrator, City of Richmond, CA(510) 307-8111, patrick_phelan@ci.richmond.ca.us Sarah Puckett, Director, California Central Valley River Conservation, American Rivers(415) 203-3766, spuckett@americanrivers.org Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director, The Watershed Project(510) 224-4085, juliana@thewatershedproject.org City of Richmond, CA – After years of suffering from flooding, the Rollingwood neighborhood... Read More
October 22, 2021
Dam Removal, Restoring Damaged Rivers
10/22/21 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 Following Senator Patty Murray’s (D-WA) announcement today of a “federal-state process on salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin and the Pacific Northwest” with Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA), American Rivers called on all Northwest leaders and the Biden Administration to accelerate action including... Read More
September 29, 2021
Staff
September 29, 2021 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers announced today that Kelly Catlett has been selected to lead the organization’s hydropower program. Catlett brings nearly 20 years of experience in hydropower policy, dam relicensing, and coalition building. As Hydropower Reform Program Director, Catlett will direct American Rivers’... Read More
September 3, 2021
Dam Removal, Floods & Floodplains, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Urban Waters
September 3, 2021 Contact: Amy Kober, akober@americanrivers.org, 503-708-1145 Hurricane Ida’s heavy winds and rain brought destruction to the Gulf Coast on August 29 and days later, communities across the Northeast were devastated by flooding in the hurricane’s path. Dozens of people lost their lives in the floodwaters. Three thousand people... Read More
August 31, 2021
Environmental Justice
August 25, 2021 Contact: Olivia Dorothy, 217-390-3658 Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers filed a Title VI complaint against the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) on May 26, 2021 because we believe that UMRBA has failed to support communities of color in participating in the development of programs, projects and... Read More
August 24, 2021
Environmental Justice, Restoring Damaged Rivers
National Marine Fisheries Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service withdraw Trump-era decision, put salmon and steelhead back on track for recovery in the Lewis River August 24, 2021 CONTACT:Eli Asher, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, 360-355-5851Bill Sharp, The Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, 509-945-3167Kessina Lee, Washington Department... Read More