Search Results for: dam removal success
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Year of the River: The Elwha and White Salmon
February 26, 2016 This film tells the story of historic dam removal successes on Washington’s Elwha and White Salmon rivers. The film premiered at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in 2013 and is the final installment in the “Year of the River” series.
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2025 Endangered Rivers Report Spotlights Solutions for Clean Water and Public Safety
April 16, 2025 Flooding earlier this month claimed lives and destroyed homes and businesses across the South and Midwest. It is the most recent example of how extreme weather is devastating communities and putting our rivers and clean water at risk. It’s against this backdrop that American Rivers is announcing America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025. Our message […]
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American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution
April 15, 2025 The threat of toxic pollution from coal strip mining in the headwaters of one of the Gauley’s primary tributaries — the Cherry River — has made it one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025. In Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties in West Virginia, South Fork Coal Company operates a network of strip mines, haul roads and a coal preparation plant spanning over 3,600 acres.
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American Rivers Announces 2025 River Champion Award Recipients
February 26, 2025 2025 Awards Celebrates Leaders Supporting Clean Water and Safe, Healthy Communities Contact: Hawk Hammer, National Communications and Media Director, Hhammer@americanrivers.org Washington, D.C. – American Rivers is today announcing the 2025 recipients of our “River Champion” awards which recognize leaders who are improving lives and strengthening our nation by advancing solutions for healthy rivers and clean […]
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What comes after the fires in southern California?
January 10, 2025 It’s hard to watch the news of the destructive fires in southern California without despairing for the safety and well-being of our loved ones, friends, and neighbors. Our hearts go out to all of you, as well as our impacted partners and supporters. Today, many are rightly focused on the urgent need to protect themselves […]
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Merrimack River
November 19, 2024 A hard working river making a comeback The power of a river has attracted humans for thousands of years, where successive waves of technology has allowed human communities to thrive and flourish. The Pawtucket Falls are a dramatic 32-foot-high set of falls located in Lowell, Massachusetts upstream from Newburyport, Massachusetts where the river drains into […]
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Removing Bloede
November 14, 2024 American Rivers’ Quest to Free the Patapsco River Bloede Dam essentially created a wall in the river that blocked fish (including shad and river herring) and other aquatic organisms from moving to spawning grounds, growth habitat, temperature refuge, and other important habitat upstream. Most animals were simply not successful at negotiating the labyrinth of a […]
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Life Depends on Rivers℠
August 6, 2024 A campaign to transform the health of America’s rivers Our rivers and clean water supply are in crisis. American Rivers is launching a $100 million campaign to fundamentally transform river health nationwide. Join us in protecting our rivers and preserving clean water essential for all life. Rivers make life possible — they are the veins […]
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Huron River
July 26, 2024 A candidate for improved protection status The Huron River emerges in southeastern Michigan in Springfield Township near Big Lake, flowing roughly 125 miles through a variety of landscapes. From densely wooded banks to current and former mill sites and mill dam impoundments; through scenic villages such as Milford, and larger cities like Dexter, Ann Arbor, […]
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Blackwater River Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2024
April 16, 2024 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Blackwater River, West Virginia’s prized waterway renowned for its recreation opportunities and wildlife, joins the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2024. Threatened by a highway project, urgent action is needed to safeguard this regional treasure. The Blackwater River is threatened by the currently State-preferred (but not yet adopted) […]
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Tijuana River Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2024
April 16, 2024 San Diego, CA – The Tijuana River Watershed, the ancestral and current homeland of the Kumeyaay People and a vital lifeline for millions on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border, faces a mounting threat as pollution chokes its waters, endangering public health and undermining local economies. Decades of neglect and inadequate wastewater infrastructure have led […]
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Kobuk River Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2024
April 16, 2024 Kotzebue, AK – Today, the Kobuk River has been named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® for 2024. The health of this river is currently under threat from speculative mining development, exacerbated by the effects of climate change. “The Kobuk River is more than a resource to local and Indigenous communities,” said Sarah Dyrdahl of […]