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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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 […]
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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 […]