Search Results for: dam removal success
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Legislative Overreach Aims to Thwart Salmon Recovery
H.R. 3144, if passed, would thwart efforts to deliver critical near-term protections for endangered wild salmon, derail a court-ordered environmental review, and increase uncertainty for Northwest citizens and businesses.
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Orcas Need Floodplains and Here’s Why
Killer whales, orcas, SRKWs, blackfish, they’re iconic by any name. This is one way we can help support their recovery.
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Rivers Connect Us, and Salmon, and Orcas
This Orca Whale Awareness month, did you know Orca recovery is dependent on salmon recovery?
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American Rivers Announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2017
April 11, 2017 Contact: Amy Kober, American Rivers, 503-708-1145 www.AmericanRivers.org/MostEndangeredRivers (Washington, DC) – American Rivers today released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, identifying ten rivers facing urgent threats and critical decisions this year. The list highlights the dangers Trump Administration budget cuts pose to rivers and communities nationwide. Number one on this […]
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Where do we Stand after 50 Days of the Trump Administration?
The first 50 days of the Trump administration are moving towards making our rivers dirtier, depriving Americans of clean, safe drinking water, and ignoring public health and the well being of future generations.
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New Year, New Challenges. What’s on Tap for Rivers in the New Year?
As we move into a new year and a new political era, here’s our game plan to protect and restore rivers and conserve clean water for people & nature.
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Moving forward after the election: Rivers Connect Us
Rivers and clean water can and should be bipartisan issues. But make no mistake: we will stand in strong defense of rivers and clean water when we must.
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New director to lead American Rivers conservation efforts in Pacific Northwest
Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 October 10, 2016 (Washington, DC) – American Rivers announced today that Wendy McDermott will assume the role of Director of the Puget Sound – Columbia Basin Program, leading the national river conservation organization’s efforts in the Pacific Northwest. McDermott was previously an associate director with American Rivers working in Washington on […]
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Five years later, the Elwha reborn
Five years after the world’s biggest river restoration project began, the Elwha River is once again free flowing and dam free.
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Fighting for the Future of a Northwest Icon
The salmon and steelhead of the Snake River are magnificent creatures, traveling more than 900 miles from the sea to spawn in Idaho’s high mountain streams– the largest block of healthy salmon habitat remaining in the lower 48 states. They are an icon of the region, central to our lives and identity, and to the […]
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Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Named #1 “Most Endangered”
April 16, 2016 Contact: Ben Emanuel, American Rivers, 404-373-3980 Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, 850-508-7787 Jason Ulseth, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, 404-924-4505 Gordon Rogers, Flint Riverkeeper, 912-223-6761 Mitch Reid, Alabama Rivers Alliance, 205-322-6395 www.AmericanRivers.org/ACF www.AmericanRivers.org/MostEndangeredRivers (Washington, DC) American Rivers today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, naming the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Alabama, Florida and […]
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Susquehanna River Named #3 “Most Endangered”
Aprils 13, 2016 Contact: (Washington, D.C) American Rivers named the Susquehanna River number three on its list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2016 today, shining a national spotlight on the impacts of Conowingo Dam and federal legislation that would take away Maryland’s authority to hold dam operators accountable for pollution and impacts to wildlife. […]