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Dolores River
Dolores River After nearly 20 years of collaborative work, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet introduced the Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act in July 2022. Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper co-sponsored the bill, and Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert introduced companion legislation in the House, emphasizing the bipartisan nature of this proposal. The Act […]
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Escalante River
Escalante River The Escalante River rivals the Paria for the steep and varnished canyon it winds its way through. Cottonwoods and hanging vines wedge themselves against canyon walls. The Escalante River is remote and rugged, its flows perennial and vital in an arid landscape. When the first Anglos, members of the Church of Jesus Christ […]
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Colorado River
Colorado River The beating heart of the American Southwest From its genesis on the Continental Divide in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, the river originally known as the Grand grows from a cold mountain trout stream into a classic Western waterway slicing through jagged gorges between sweeping, pastoral ranchlands on the upper leg of a […]
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Whispers of Water Called Gila – A Returning and Exploration
Guest blog by Leeanna T. Torres, 2021 Southwest Emerging Artist Scholar; American Rivers and the FreeFlow Institute
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A Vote for Problem-Solvers
Today our team at American Rivers went to work to protect rivers, just like yesterday – and just like we will tomorrow.
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How would you feel if the Grand Canyon ran dry?
Without being overly melodramatic, the reality is that unless some serious decisions are made, and fast, we could be facing the difficult reality of very little to no water being able to pass through Glen Canyon Dam, in essence creating a Grand Canyon without the guarantee of a flowing Colorado River.
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Leadership Giving
When you invest in American Rivers, you join a community of philanthropic leaders responding boldly to transform the health of rivers in our country. Rivers provide people and nature with clean, abundant water and natural habitat. Their waters are essential to our shared future — yet rivers face unprecedented threats. Without healthy rivers, there’s no […]
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California releases commercial, industrial and institutional stormwater permit in response to groups’ lawsuit challenging the need to address unregulated stormwater pollution in Los Angeles
Contact: Jeff Odefey, American Rivers, 415.589.0642, JOdefey@americanrivers.org Becky Hammer, Natural Resources Defense Council, 202.513.6254, rhammer@nrdc.org Bruce Reznik, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, (619) 851-9997, bruce@lawaterkeeper.org Sean Bothwell, California Coastkeeper Alliance 949-291-3401, sbothwell@cacoastkeeper.org LOS ANGELES – In response to petitions filed by American Rivers, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and Los Angeles Waterkeeper (Petitioners), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
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Inflation Reduction Act a historic win for climate action
More work needed for rivers and climate justice August 8, 2022 Contact: Sinjin Eberle, 720-373-0864 American Rivers today applauded the Senate for passing the historic Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which represents the largest climate action in history. The bill contains $369 billion for climate and energy provisions, including $4 billion to combat drought in […]
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I’m a River Guide and Water Lawyer. I’m Scared for the Grand Canyon.
“As a Grand Canyon river guide, I know something about facing sometimes harsh and dangerous conditions and finding beauty and meaning in the world.” – Guest Author, Jocelyn Gibbon
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Supreme Court case puts your clean water at risk
The Supreme Court is considering a case that has the potential to remove Clean Water Act protections for over half our wetlands and streams – putting the drinking water for 1 in 3 Americans at risk.
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Silent River
When we planned this, it was about a celebration of the river. But it’s hard to see a river really hurting Matt Moseley “Silent River” is a short film following Matt Moseley, a world record breaking long distance swimmer, who attempts a 52-mile swim from Mineral Bottom near Moab, down the Green River to the […]