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Paria River
Paria River While some rivers are celebrated for cobbled floors that flash through cool, clear water, the Paria River is best known for its turbid, muddy waters. The Paria is an expert in the delivery of sediment, which is critical for the health of all rivers, and for the habitat they provide. For the weight […]
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande IN HIGH DEMAND Will Rogers once described the Rio Grande as “the only river I know of that is in need of irrigating,” a prescient observation considering how fragmented this fabled river has become. At nearly 1,900 miles, the Rio Grande is runner-up only to the combined Missouri-Mississippi system in length within the […]
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Rogue and Smith Rivers
Rogue and Smith Rivers Wild and Scenic. Rogue and Smith. There was never any question. Southwest Oregon’s Rogue River is an icon among Western waterways. As one of eight charter members of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1968, the 200-mile Rogue flows from the Cascade Range near Crater Lake westward to the Pacific, […]
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San Miguel River
San Miguel River Like many Southwest rivers, the San Miguel River moves in steep and dramatic motions from alpine to arid. With origins at nearly 13,000 feet in the Southern San Juan Mountains, and lower reaches that weave through red river canyons, the San Miguel flows freely for nearly 81 miles before converging with the […]
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Snake River
Snake River The Snake River originates in Wyoming and arcs across southern Idaho before turning north along the Idaho-Oregon border. The river then enters Washington and flows west to the Columbia River. It is the Columbia’s largest tributary, an important source of irrigation water for potatoes, sugar beets, and other crops. It also supports a vibrant recreation industry. […]
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Flint River
Flint River GEORGIA’S FLINT RIVER: A NATURAL GEM WITH URBAN BEGINNINGS Georgia’s Flint River is a haven of biodiversity, a gem of the Georgia outdoors, and a hard-working river all in one – but it is showing the strains brought on by a changing climate. With increasing frequency and severity, the river withstands floods and […]
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Gila River
Gila River The Origin of Wilderness The Gila River could be considered the birthplace of wilderness. When Aldo Leopold convinced the US Forest Service that the headwaters of the Gila should be designated the world’s first primitive area back in 1924, it set the stage for the Wilderness Act of 1964. Deservingly, the Gila became […]
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Gunnison River
Gunnison River Thoroughly Western From the heart of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, it’s easy to appreciate the raw power of the Gunnison River. Monolithic walls of ebony schist, slashed by veins of granite, and carved to depths of more than 2,000 feet tell the tale of 2 million years of the mighty […]
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Klamath River
Klamath River Klamath River Named as 2024 River of the Year American Rivers announced that Oregon and California’s Klamath River is the 2024 River of the Year, celebrating the biggest dam removal and river restoration in history. The River of the Year honor recognizes significant progress and achievement in improving a river’s health. “On the […]
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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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Lower Basin of the Colorado River
Lower Basin of the Colorado River The Colorado River provides drinking water for one in ten Americans, nourishes cities including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver, and Phoenix, and the lower half of the river waters nearly 90 percent of the nation’s winter vegetables. However, water demands are outstripping supply, and climate change makes the situation […]
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Desolation – Gray Canyons of the Green River
Desolation – Gray Canyons of the Green River For 84 sinuous miles, the Green River of eastern Utah carves its way through one of the largest roadless areas in the lower 48 states, forming the remote and rugged country of Desolation and Gray canyons as it cuts through the Tavaputs Plateau. Desolation Canyon was so […]