Statement by Tom Kiernan, President of American Rivers February 24, 2021Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers today congratulated Jaime Pinkham on his reported appointment as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, one of two positions in the Army that oversee the Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works... Read More

Leader with decades of state and federal conservation experience to take the helm of nation’s premier river conservation organization. February 11, 2021Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers has named Tom Kiernan, former CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and former President of the National Parks Conservation Association... Read More

February 7, 2021 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145  Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID) today announced a bold and potentially transformational proposal to revitalize the rivers and economy of the Pacific Northwest. The $33.5 billion package of immediate infrastructure investments would advance salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and create jobs and economic opportunity... Read More

January 21, 2021Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 American Rivers today applauded President Biden for appointing Radhika Fox as Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Water. Fox recently served as executive director of the U.S. Water Alliance, of which American Rivers is a member. Bob Irvin, President of American... Read More

Federal lawsuit filed to uphold EPA’s Yazoo Pumps veto  CONTACT:Audubon Mississippi – Jill Mastrototaro, (504) 481-3659, jill.mastrototaro@audubon.org  American Rivers – Olivia Dorothy, (217) 390-3658, odorothy@americanrivers.org Earthjustice – Stu Gillespie, (303) 996-9616, sgillespie@earthjustice.org Healthy Gulf – Andrew Whitehurst, (601) 954-7236, andrew@healthygulf.org Mississippi Sierra Club – Louie Miller, (601) 624-3503, louie.miller@sierraclub.org   Washington, DC – Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s last-minute revocation of a Clean Water Act veto that has protected some the richest wetland and aquatic resources... Read More

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