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Ocklawaha River named among America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2020

Lower Youghiogheny named among America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2020

A Crisis Just Under the Surface: stopping the alarming loss of freshwater biodiversity

Freshwater vertebrate species are disappearing at twice the rate of their dryland and ocean counterparts.

A Holiday Conversation Guide (For River People)

While we can’t predict everything your family might say around the holidays, here are a few ways to steer the conversation.

River Restoration Tools and Resources

A healthy river can increase property values, boost recreational opportunities, attract tourists, reduce water pollution, and protect people and property from flooding. But dams, levees and other man-made structures disrupt the natural functions of rivers, leaving many of them fragmented and cut off from their communities. To ensure safer and healthier communities, American Rivers is […]

From the Stanislaus to the Klamath: speaking up for free-flowing rivers

In this episode of We Are Rivers, we take a look at the cultural shift in how we value free-flowing rivers.

River Restoration Science & Socio-Economic Resources

Science-based restoration is fundamental to American Rivers’ approach to restoring healthy, functioning rivers. There are many good articles on restoration science topics. The list below should be considered a starting point. We recommend practitioners dig deeper into topics of interest through more robust scientific article databases and other bibliographies (some are listed below). General River […]

River Restoration Training Resources

American Rivers works with communities that are grappling with decisions about stream barriers and their impact to public safety, the local economy and the environment. Our work largely focuses on the removal of dams, reconnection of floodplains and occasionally the replacement of road-stream crossings. By establishing diverse and locally-based partnerships we successfully demonstrate the ecological, […]

AMERICAN RIVERS ANNOUNCES AMERICA’S MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS® OF 2019

List highlights threat climate change poses to rivers, water supplies, public safety American Rivers spotlights national success story on Ohio’s Cuyahoga River Contact: Amy Kober, American Rivers, 503-708-1145 www.AmericanRivers.org/MostEndangeredRivers Washington, DC – American Rivers today released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, identifying ten rivers facing imminent threats. This year’s report spotlights the […]

Gila River named America’s Most Endangered River of 2019

Climate change and proposed diversion threaten New Mexico’s last wild river Contact: Sinjin Eberle, American Rivers, 720-373-0864 Allyson Siwik, Gila Conservation Coalition, 575-590-7619 Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity, 575-574-5962 Donna Stevens, Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, 575-590-5698 Washington, D.C. – American Rivers today named the Gila River #1 on the list of America’s Most Endangered […]

Upper Mississippi River named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2019

Climate change and illegal levee development threaten public safety, river health Contact: Eileen Shader, American Rivers, (570) 856-1128 Elliot Brinkman, Prairie Rivers Network, (217) 344-2371, x202 Christine Favilla, Sierra Club, (618) 462-6802 David Stokes, Great River Habitat Alliance, (314) 918-1007 Melissa Samet, National Wildlife Federation, (415) 762-8264 Rob Moore, Natural Resources Defense Council, (312) 651-7923 […]

South Fork Salmon Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2019

Mining threatens clean water, salmon for second year in a row Contact: Mike Fiebig, American Rivers, (406) 600-4061 Kevin Lewis, Idaho Rivers United, (208) 343-7481 Evan Stafford, American Whitewater, (970) 420-5377 Washington, D.C. – For the second year in a row, American Rivers named the South Fork of the Salmon River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, […]