Search Results for: rough ready
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How Wyden’s River Democracy Act will help fight wildfires and climate change
Healthy, resilient rivers lead to healthy, resilient communities.
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Science, Law, and Public Voice Prevail in Federal Challenge to Yazoo Pumps
Conservation groups’ lawsuit prompts Army Corps’ reversal December 15, 2021 CONTACTS: Jill Mastrototaro | Audubon Delta | (504) 481-3659 | jill.mastrototaro@audubon.org Louie Miller | Mississippi Sierra Club | (601) 624-3503 | louie.miller@sierraclub.org Olivia Dorothy | American Rivers | (217) 390-3658 | odorothy@americanrivers.org Andrew Whitehurst | Healthy Gulf | (601) 954-7236 | andrew@healthygulf.org Stu Gillespie | […]
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Conservation Groups Laud EPA Decision to Restore Yazoo Pumps Veto
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2021 CONTACTS: Jill Mastrototaro | Audubon Delta | (504) 481-3659 | jill.mastrototaro@audubon.org Louie Miller | Mississippi Sierra Club | (601) 624-3503 | louie.miller@sierraclub.org Olivia Dorothy | American Rivers | (217) 390-3658 | odorothy@americanrivers.org Andrew Whitehurst | Healthy Gulf | (601) 954-7236 | andrew@healthygulf.orgStu Gillespie | Earthjustice | (303) 996-9616 | […]
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Taking the Lemons and Making Some Dam Lemonade (A Project Journey in Photos)
Sometimes projects don’t go as planned. Sometimes they go sideways really fast. Sometimes those unexpected detours turn out to be a blessing in disguise. This is the story of one such project.
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The Walnut Creek Wetlands: A Story of Restoration and Community Perseverance
The area surrounding the Walnut Creek Wetlands in Raleigh, North Carolina has an inspirational history of restoration work and community involvement.
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Get To Know Your River Basin
It’s important that Coloradans from across the state have their voices heard as decisions about our critical waterways are made.
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City of Richmond to Receive $1.6M Grant to Reduce Flood Risk in Rheem Creek Watershed
October 18, 2021 Contact: Patrick Phelan, Infrastructure Administrator, City of Richmond, CA(510) 307-8111, patrick_phelan@ci.richmond.ca.us Sarah Puckett, Director, California Central Valley River Conservation, American Rivers(415) 203-3766, spuckett@americanrivers.org Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director, The Watershed Project(510) 224-4085, juliana@thewatershedproject.org City of Richmond, CA – After years of suffering from flooding, the Rollingwood neighborhood is one step closer to getting […]
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Profit vs the people: The clean water fight over the Raccoon River
This guest blog from our partners at Food and Water Watch and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement highlights the Raccoon River, one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2021.
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Feds Require Fish Passage at Lewis River Dams to Recover Endangered Salmon
National Marine Fisheries Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service withdraw Trump-era decision, put salmon and steelhead back on track for recovery in the Lewis River August 24, 2021 CONTACT:Eli Asher, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, 360-355-5851Bill Sharp, The Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, 509-945-3167Kessina Lee, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 360-605-9763Amy Kober, […]
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Colorado River water crisis reaches historic milestone
August 16, 2021 Contact: Matt Rice, 803-422-5244 Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 Denver, CO — Today, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that oversees Colorado River operations, declared a “Tier 1” water shortage at Lake Mead on the Colorado River, underscoring the severity of the deepening drought and climate crisis across the West. This is the […]
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What climate change means for rivers
This week’s IPCC report on our climate doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t know, but it does double-down on the urgency needed to make changes.
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IPCC report is clear call to reduce emissions and protect rivers and water resources
August 9, 2021 Contact: Amy Souers Kober, 503-708-1145 Today’s release of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report – called a “code red for humanity” by the United Nations – details how the impacts of climate change, including floods and drought, are real and will get worse without bold action. […]