Search Results for: national river clean up
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Floodplain Restoration Resources
Floodplains are the lands adjacent to a river that become regularly flooded during high river flows. As a result of this periodic flooding, floodplains are among the most biodiverse and productive lands on the planet. Floodplains also reduce downstream flooding, filter excessive nutrients, and replenish groundwater. Healthy mountain meadows function similarly, reducing peak floods, storing […]
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Welcome to the Waccamaw!
American Rivers and our partners are celebrating the Waccamaw River and its immeasurable benefits for people and nature!
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Local Activists CAN Make a Difference
After six years, countless rallies, fundraisers, letter-writing campaigns, lawsuits and legal actions, visits to the capitol, miles of travel to hearings at agencies and the legislature, we finally got the news that the 6500-head hog confined feeding operation (CAFO) impacting the Buffalo National River would be closing.
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Summer is toxic algae season: what you need to know
Interview with American Rivers’s Senior Director of Clean Water Supply, Gary Belan.
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Intrepid Voyagers Through Arizona Geology
Insight from an American Rivers staff on a journey down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River.
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#TEAMCOX
Cox employees’ work with American Rivers has resulted in removing more than 24 tons of waste and debris from rivers and riverbanks in Florida, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Texas since 2010. Cox Conserves has supported National River Cleanup® cleanups across the country for nearly a decade, providing support to cleanup organizers in nearly every state. […]
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Boundary Waters Under Threat… Again
We are once again talking about the need to save the Boundary Waters from mining.
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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Resigns
December 15, 2018 Contact: Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke resigned today after a tenure marked by ethics investigations and attacks on the nation’s public lands and waters. Under Secretary Zinke’s leadership, the Department of the Interior consistently put the desires of oil, gas and mining companies above the interests of the […]
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5,000 Miles of Wild
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act – a landmark law protecting outstanding, free-flowing rivers nationwide. As part of our celebration of this milestone, we are released a new film, 5,000 Miles of Wild. Combining stunning scenery with insightful commentary on the state of river conservation from Senator Tom Udall, […]
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Conservationists: Victory for the Maroon Bells Wilderness
Jennifer Talhelm, Western Resource Advocates Communications Director, 202-870-4465, Jennifer.talhelm@westernresources.org Will Roush, Wilderness Workshop Executive Director, 206-979-4016, will@wildernessworkshop.org Matt Rice, American Rivers Colorado River Basin Program Director, 303-454-3395, mrice@americanrivers.org David Nickum, Colorado Trout Unlimited Executive Director, 303-440-2937 x1, david.nickum@tu.org Final agreement means Aspen will abandon plans to build dams on Maroon & Castle Creeks Aspen, CO (Oct. 16, 2018) – Today, […]
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My Church is the Outdoors
For some, the place to look for peace, to find a purpose, and to seek a connection to something that goes beyond our understanding, is right out the back door.
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Litter for All Seasons; The Hunt is on!
It’s time for another “litter of the season” scavenger hunt – find it, pick it up, post a picture on your personal Instagram or Twitter account using #RiverCleanup and #MakeAPactPackItOut, and you’re in our sweepstakes!