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• Value of Partnerships in Reducing MS4 Compliance Cost

  Across the nation, municipal stormwater managers face financial burdens as they work to manage stormwater flows that jeopardize the health and safety of communities and the availability of clean water. Decreased federal funding for stormwater management in recent decades has resulted in local communities shouldering most of the rising costs to protect the nation’s water […]

• 2023 Farm Bill Priorities

  Rivers run through every state. The U.S. has nearly 250,000 rivers stretching more than 3.5 million river miles.  Millions of people rely on our nation’s network of rivers and waterways for food and commerce, yet about half of the U.S. waters are still too polluted for swimming, fishing, or drinking. Today, the impacts of climate […]

• Verizon Skill Sharing Project – Laying the Groundwork for a Stronger National River Cleanup®

  The National River Cleanup® (NRC) at American Rivers has supported more than one million volunteers to remove over 40 million pounds of litter across thousands of miles of rivers and streams. NRC works with companies to provide customized volunteer opportunities for their employees and communities, support a network of cleanup organizers, and engage individuals to […]

• Southwest

  Local communities depend on river habitats as well, and our work expands local access to natural spaces whether in the urban or rural context, the valleys or mountains. California is experiencing the severe impacts of climate change, manifesting in years-long drought, intensified floods and wildfires, and loss of biodiversity. From its headwaters in the Rocky […]

• Mid-Atlantic

  Rivers are the lifeblood of health and the economy across the Mid-Atlantic. The region is shaped by great waterways like the Susquehanna, Delaware, Potomac, James, and Alleghany — rivers that are critical to fish, birds, and wildlife. More than 46 million people in the Mid-Atlantic get their drinking water from rivers. Agriculture and manufacturing — […]

• Snake River

  Snake River The Snake River originates in Wyoming and arcs across southern Idaho before turning north along the Idaho-Oregon border. The river then enters Washington and flows west to the Columbia River. It is the Columbia’s largest tributary, an important source of irrigation water for potatoes, sugar beets, and other crops. It also supports a vibrant recreation industry. […]

• Lower Basin of the Colorado River

  Lower Basin of the Colorado River The Colorado River provides drinking water for one in ten Americans, nourishes cities including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver, and Phoenix, and the lower half of the river waters nearly 90 percent of the nation’s winter vegetables. However, water demands are outstripping supply, and climate change makes the situation […]

• Colorado River

  Colorado River The beating heart of the American Southwest From its genesis on the Continental Divide in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, the river originally known as the Grand grows from a cold mountain trout stream into a classic Western waterway slicing through jagged gorges between sweeping, pastoral ranchlands on the upper leg of a […]

• Five key lessons as world’s biggest dam removal project will soon begin on the Klamath River

  After more than 100 years of being dammed, the lower Klamath River will flow free once again.

• How would you feel if the Grand Canyon ran dry?

  Without being overly melodramatic, the reality is that unless some serious decisions are made, and fast, we could be facing the difficult reality of very little to no water being able to pass through Glen Canyon Dam, in essence creating a Grand Canyon without the guarantee of a flowing Colorado River.

• What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for rivers

  The IRA will provide an estimated $369 billion to tackle climate change over the next decade. That’s a big number, but what does it mean for rivers?  

• Groups Seek to Improve the Hydropower Licensing Process, Restore Authority to Native American Tribes

  Proposed package will support river conversation, hydropower development and expand authority for Tribal Nations Contact:  LeRoy Coleman, National Hydropower Association, 202-413-4605 Amy Souers Kober, American Rivers, 503-708-1145 Washington, D.C. (April 4) – Conservation organizations, hydropower industry groups, and Tribes today sent a package to Congress and the White House to improve hydropower licensing, relicensing and license surrender processes. Specifically, the package proposes amendments to […]

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