December 21, 2020 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145  Washington – American Rivers applauded the U.S. Congress today for including critical provisions for clean water and healthy rivers in economic stimulus legislation. The Consolidated Appropriations Act includes the Water Resources Development Act as well as key actions for western water, which are important... Read More

December 18, 2020  Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145   Bob Irvin, President of American Rivers, released the following statement today in response to President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Michael Regan, who currently heads the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency:   “We congratulate Michael Regan on his nomination to lead... Read More

December 17, 2020 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145  Bob Irvin, President of American Rivers, released the following statement today in response to President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Representative Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior:  “We congratulate Rep. Haaland on her historic nomination to lead the Department of the Interior. She... Read More

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2020  CONTACT: Audubon Mississippi – Jill Mastrototaro, (504) 481-3659, jill.mastrototaro@audubon.org American Rivers – Olivia Dorothy, (217) 390-3658, odorothy@americanrivers.org Healthy Gulf – Andrew Whitehurst, (601) 954-7236, andrew@healthygulf.org Mississippi Sierra Club – Louie Miller, (601) 624-3503, louie.miller@sierraclub.org  JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) hastily released... Read More

November 7, 2020 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145, akober@americanrivers.org Washington — The election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States presents a historic opportunity to protect and restore the nation’s rivers and ensure clean water for all. “We congratulate President-elect Biden on his victory and we... Read More

October 27, 2020Contact: Scott Bosse, (406) 570-0455 Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) today announced his plans to introduce legislation to safeguard 336 miles of rivers vital to Montana’s economy and way of life. American Rivers and its partners conducted extensive outreach in local communities over the past nine years to... Read More

Statement from American Rivers  October 9, 2020  Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145  The governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana today released a letter stating their intent to work together to recover Columbia-Snake river salmon. Wendy McDermott, Northwest Director for American Rivers, made the following statement:  “We appreciate the commitment... Read More