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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Five Major Wins for Rivers in the 2026 Fiscal Year Appropriations Bills
March 6, 2026 Earlier this year, President Trump signed H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included Interior and Environment, Energy and Water, Commerce, Justice, and Science bills. With this package, Congress has now completed work on 11 out of 12 annual appropriations bills that fund government agencies and programs through September 30 – leaving Homeland Security as […]
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What We Can Learn from a Small North Carolina Town Going Big on River Restoration
March 2, 2026 I first visited the town of Ramseur, North Carolina, two years ago as part of a river restoration effort focused on removing an outdated and unsafe dam that had blocked the town’s otherwise vibrant Deep River. I was new to my role at American Rivers but had a strong connection to the state’s rivers and […]
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Project Partnership to Restore Passage and Refuge for Struggling Salmon Populations
January 14, 2026 After more than 10 years of planning, the deconstruction of a human-made causeway that blocks an entire section of the lower Yakima River in Central Washington is underway. American Rivers has long advocated for the causeway’s removal at Bateman Island. Freeing the river here will allow salmon and steelhead to migrate unimpeded for the first […]
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10 Big Wins for Rivers in 2025
December 19, 2025 Despite the escalating threats to rivers, this past year brought real progress worth celebrating. To highlight the positive strides being made across the country, we’ve curated a list of 10 exciting wins for rivers, community safety, people, and wildlife. From proposed Wild and Scenic protections for nearly 100 miles of the Gallatin and Madison rivers, […]
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Restoring Pennsylvania’s Rivers for People and Nature
October 30, 2025 Using the power of nature to restore rivers: spotlight on Pennsylvania When it comes to finding solutions to the problems our rivers face, like flooding, water scarcity, and pollution, nature can be a powerful tool. From stabilizing and cooling headwater streams to filtering dirty road runoff during storms, natural landscapes serve important functions that can […]
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Reimagining The Columbia
July 23, 2025 This article was first published in The Spokesman-Review on July 16, 2025. While much attention goes to what divides us, I think we have more in common than not. That is the lesson from the Yakima River, where government, the Yakama Nation, conservationists and agriculture have united to address urgent water and salmon scarcity in […]
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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 […]