Search Results for: national river clean up
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Trump proposes rollbacks to public input and safeguards for our National Forests
Proposed rule would reduce protections for your National Forests, clean water and rivers.
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Threats to Clean Water Act intensify as Senate weighs bill to overturn veto of Yazoo Pumps
August 9, 2019 Contact: Olivia Dorothy, 217-390-3658 Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 Threats to the Clean Water Act are intensifying as the Senate weighs a bill that would overturn a Clean Water Act veto of an ecologically devastating pumps project in the Mississippi Delta. Last week, Senators Hyde-Smith and Wicker introduced legislation that would overturn the Clean […]
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Twenty years of dam removal successes – and what’s up next
The lesson from the Kennebec after twenty years? Dam removal works.
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Debris and graffiti don’t stand a chance on the salt river
Congratulations to the 2018 National River Cleanup® Photo Contest Winner: Natural Restorations, photo courtesy of Tom Corey Images!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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®, […]
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Chilkat River named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2019
Mining threatens salmon, culture and economy Contact: Jessie Thomas-Blate, American Rivers, (202) 347-7550 Dr. Gershon Cohen, Alaska Clean Water Advocacy, (907) 314-0228 Washington, D.C. – American Rivers today named the Chilkat River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2019, citing the grave threat that mining poses to the river’s salmon, culture and economy. American Rivers and […]
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American Rivers names Cleveland’s Cuyahoga “River of the Year”
Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 (Washington) – Celebrating the progress that has been made to clean up Cleveland, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River, and marking the 50th anniversary of the river’s fire that sparked the nation’s environmental movement, American Rivers today named the Cuyahoga “River of the Year” for 2019. “The Cuyahoga is a national success story,” said […]
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Big Darby Creek named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2019
Reckless development threatens clean water in National Scenic River Contact: Katie Rousseau, American Rivers, (419) 215-7748 John Tetzloff, Darby Creek Association, (614) 288-0313 David Miller, Ohio Environmental Council, (419) 944-1986 Washington, D.C. – American Rivers today named Ohio’s Big Darby Creek among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2019, citing the grave threat that urban sprawl poses […]
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Willamette River named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2019
Outdated dam operations threaten water quality, salmon and steelhead Contact: David Moryc, American Rivers, (503) 307-1137 Travis Williams, Willamette Riverkeeper, (503) 890-1683 Bob Rees, Willamette Salmon & Steelhead Recovery Coalition, Representing the Association of Northwest Steelheaders, (503) 812-9036 Washington, D.C. – American Rivers today named the Willamette River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2019, citing […]