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Friends of Tivoli Bays
There will be a series of clean ups in the north and south Tivoli bays in June both on land and on water. Friends of Tivoli Bays will be partnering with Bard College and Red Hook Library to find volunteers. Please check FB page for dates and meet up locations.
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Boardman River Clean Sweep
This will be an 8 day project, from June 1 to June 25 with small groups of paddlers cleaning 8 sections of the river in separate days. We used to do it in one day but COVID put an end to that and this method works just as well.
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Women’s History Month – Where We Find Motivation
For Women’s History Month, Katie Schmidt, Associate Director of the National Dam Removal Program at American Rivers, reflected on what motivates her to continue advocating for healthy, free-flowing rivers nationwide. I want my grandchildren’s grandchildren to be able to enjoy clean, free-flowing rivers. I want a world where they hear the birds sing, see fish […]
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American Rivers Statement on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal
Congress must advance critical funding for clean water Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 The Biden Administration released its FY2025 budget proposal to Congress which serves as the start of the upcoming fiscal year’s funding process. The budget proposal requests $7.3 trillion and outlines specific priorities for each federal agency and department. In terms of spending, […]
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What the FY2024 Appropriations Bills Mean for Rivers
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies including EPA, NPS, NOAA, and DOI. The legislation’s success is met with mixed reactions as cuts to key programs will make it more difficult for agencies to […]
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Dam Removal Funders Symposium
April 30-May 1, 2024
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Economic Value of Riparian Buffers
American Rivers With Economics Evaluation And Research Prepared By University Of Maryland Environmental Finance Center. American Rivers’ report, The Economic Value of Riparian Buffers presents research findings from the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland to increase what is understood of economic values associated with the current scientific evidence supporting protection and restoration […]
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Low Impact Development Manual for the Lower Maumee and Ottawa River Watersheds
This manual is written to provide stormwater managers and site designers with a common understanding of Low Impact Development (LID) goals and objectives, site assessment considerations, and a toolbox of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) applicable to the Lower Maumee and Ottawa River watersheds. BMP information includes design guidelines, specifications, details, and maintenance concerns as […]
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City Upstream and Down
Many cities are defined by their relationship to rivers. People need clean water for drinking and bathing, but urban areas can have profound impacts on water quality and supply. Furthermore, the neighbors that share the river add to these impacts. By managing all water resources in a holistic way, and by engaging with neighbors throughout […]
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Drinking Water Infrastructure: Who Pays and How (And For What)
There is an increasingly urgent need for renewed investment in our communities’ water infrastructure. This need is driven by the unfortunate reality that for the many decades, funding to maintain water systems has fallen short of the cost of providing safe drinking water, sewage treatment and flood control. The result is decaying or outdated infrastructure […]
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Daylighting Streams: Breathing Life Into Urban Streams And Communities
Preserving and protecting small streams is the best approach to ensure environmental and community benefits such as clean water and flood reduction. In highly urbanized areas, however, where small, headwater streams are often buried, hidden, and forgotten, protecting headwater streams is not possible. Stream daylighting is a relatively new approach that brings these buried waterways […]
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Local Water Policy Innovation: A Road Map for Community Based Stormwater Solutions
Stormwater that dirty, oily runoff from streets and parking lots that contaminates local streams is a leading cause of water pollution in Ohio and around the country. American Rivers and Midwest Environmental Advocates released a report, “Local Water Policy Innovation: A Road Map for Community Based Stormwater Solutions” to help citizens tackle this pervasive problem […]