Search Results for: dam removal success
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New director to lead American Rivers conservation efforts in Pacific Northwest
October 10, 2016 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 October 10, 2016 (Washington, DC) – American Rivers announced today that Wendy McDermott will assume the role of Director of the Puget Sound – Columbia Basin Program, leading the national river conservation organization’s efforts in the Pacific Northwest. McDermott was previously an associate director with American Rivers working in Washington on […]
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Five years later, the Elwha reborn
September 9, 2016 Five years after the world’s biggest river restoration project began, the Elwha River is once again free flowing and dam free.
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Fighting for the Future of a Northwest Icon
May 12, 2016 The salmon and steelhead of the Snake River are magnificent creatures, traveling more than 900 miles from the sea to spawn in Idaho’s high mountain streams– the largest block of healthy salmon habitat remaining in the lower 48 states. They are an icon of the region, central to our lives and identity, and to the […]
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Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Named #1 “Most Endangered”
April 16, 2016 April 16, 2016 Contact: Ben Emanuel, American Rivers, 404-373-3980 Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, 850-508-7787 Jason Ulseth, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, 404-924-4505 Gordon Rogers, Flint Riverkeeper, 912-223-6761 Mitch Reid, Alabama Rivers Alliance, 205-322-6395 www.AmericanRivers.org/ACF www.AmericanRivers.org/MostEndangeredRivers (Washington, DC) American Rivers today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, naming the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Alabama, Florida and […]
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Susquehanna River Named #3 “Most Endangered”
April 13, 2016 Aprils 13, 2016 Contact: (Washington, D.C) American Rivers named the Susquehanna River number three on its list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2016 today, shining a national spotlight on the impacts of Conowingo Dam and federal legislation that would take away Maryland’s authority to hold dam operators accountable for pollution and impacts to wildlife. […]
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American Rivers announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 Contacts: American Rivers: Sinjin Eberle, 720-373-0864 or Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 Grand Canyon Trust: Roger Clark, 928-774-7488(w) or 928-890-7515(c) Colorado River in the Grand Canyon named #1 Most Endangered River in the nation www.AmericanRivers.org/EndangeredRivers www.AmericanRivers.org/GrandCanyon www.grandcanyontrust.org/keep-the-canyon-grand GrandCanyonMap (Washington, DC) — American Rivers today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, naming […]
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Holston River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 Contact: (Washington, DC) – American Rivers named the Holston River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015 today, highlighting the threat toxic chemical explosives from an army ammunition plant pose to clean drinking water supplies. “The America’s Most Endangered Rivers report is a call to action to save rivers that are at […]
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Columbia River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 Contact: (Washington, DC) – American Rivers named the Columbia River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015 today, shining a national spotlight on the impacts of outdated dam operations and an opportunity that the renegotiation of an international treaty creates for salmon restoration and flood protection. “The America’s Most Endangered Rivers report […]
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American Rivers announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 Contact: (Washington, DC) – American Rivers today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers®, naming the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon the #1 Most Endangered River in the nation. One of our country’s most iconic stretches of river and an irreplaceable national treasure, the Colorado River in the Grand […]
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Edisto River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 Contact: (Washington, DC) – American Rivers named the Edisto River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015 today, highlighting the threat excessive agricultural water withdrawals pose to other water users and river health. “The America’s Most Endangered Rivers report is a call to action to save rivers that are at a tipping […]
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Smith River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 Contact: (Washington, DC)- American Rivers named Montana’s Smith River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015 today, shining a national spotlight on the threat a proposed copper mine poses to the river’s clean water and nationally renowned wild trout fishery. “The America’s Most Endangered Rivers report is a call to action to […]
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Holston River Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015
April 7, 2015 April 7, 2016 Contact: (Washington, DC) – American Rivers named the Holston River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2015 today, highlighting the threat toxic chemical explosives from an army ammunition plant pose to clean drinking water supplies. “The America’s Most Endangered Rivers report is a call to action to save rivers that are at a […]