Search Results for: Blue Trail
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Waccamaw Warriors: 77 Volunteers Pull 2000 lbs of Trash
On September 2, 2017, American Rivers partnered with Winyah Rivers Foundation and the Waccamaw Riverkeeper to clean up the Waccamaw River Blue Trail. With over 300 volunteer hours at this one event, 92 bags were collected and sorted into 57 bags of recycling and 35 bags of trash.
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Transforming A Forgotten Creek Into A Community Treasure
Once a forgotten stream, thousands now use Hitchcock Creek even before the Blue Trail officially opened.
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New Protections for Wateree River
The Congaree Land Trust, a partner in the Wateree River Blue Trail Coalition, recently secured a conservation easement on the Wateree River that will protect the river’s unique natural values, wildlife habitat, and clean water for generations to come.
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Hitchcock Creek
Hitchcock Creek Hitchcock Creek, a tributary of the Pee Dee River, flows through Rockingham, North Carolina. Thanks to a recent dam removal and the creation of a blue trail, the creek is experiencing a renaissance and the local community is reconnecting to this valuable natural asset. Threats to This River Until 2009, the Steeles Mill Dam […]
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Little Tennessee River
Little Tennessee River Living Large You’d be hard pressed to pick just one exceptional aspect of the Little Tennessee River. From its headwaters in the Chattahoochee National Forest of northeast Georgia, through the mountains of scenic western North Carolina, along the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on down to Fontana Lake and […]
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Congaree River
Congaree River SOUTH CAROLINA’S WILDERNESS CONNECTION It’s only 50 miles long, but the Congaree is many rivers in one. From its origin at the confluence of the Broad and Saluda rivers near the Piedmont fall line in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, to its remote, bottomland terminus at Congaree National Park, the Congaree has a rich […]
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Feather River
Feather River The Feather River flows from the northern end of Sierra Valley in southeastern Plumas County, and consists of three branches. As the Sierra Nevada’s largest and northernmost river, it flows 185 miles from its headwaters to the Sacramento River. 78 miles of the Middle Fork of the Feather River (above Oroville Reservoir) is […]
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Ashley River
Ashley River SOUTH CAROLINA’S BLACK PEARL From its slender Cypress Swamp origins to the wide salt marshes of the South Carolina low country, the Ashley River is the embodiment of southern charm rolled into a brackish package of history and recreation. Dolphins make their way up the 30-mile stream from the Cooper River confluence at […]
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Catawba River
Catawba River once wild Spanning two states and more than 200 miles, the Catawba is more a linked series of reservoirs than a genuine river anymore. This once-wild waterway named for the Catawba tribe of Indigenous People — “the people of the river” — rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains just east of Asheville, NC, […]
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Bucksport Community Finding Solutions to Flooding
This blogpost was cowritten by Cheryl Cail and Janae Davis
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New IPCC Report Doubles Down on Water Crisis
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.
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A win for collaboration in the Upper Colorado
Signs of hope for the most over-tapped and heavily diverted river in Colorado.