Search Results for: national river clean up
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My Wild and Scenic Dream Wedding
Wild and Scenic river designation is a lot like marriage. It ensures an ability to withstand the test of time.
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Big Dam Successes in the Southeast
This summer, American Rivers and our partners celebrated two great successes for rivers in the Southeast involving hydropower dams on major rivers.
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A Story of Woo Hoo and Woah
American Rivers removed two dams this summer in PA — Delp Dam and Krady Mill Dam. These restoration projects will benefit fish, wildlife, and public safety.
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Water Shouldn’t Make Americans Sick — it Will Cost $105 Billion to Ensure it Doesn’t
American Rivers’ President and CEO, Wm. Robert Irvin, warns of the importance of federal investment and preservation of national clean water safeguards.
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U.S. House Votes to Protect Montana’s East Rosebud Creek as Wild and Scenic
July 17, 2018 Contact: David Moryc, 503-307-1137 Amy Kober, 503-708-1145 Bozeman – In a major victory for public lands and waters, a bipartisan House vote today advanced Wild and Scenic River protection for Montana’s East Rosebud Creek. The legislation to designate 20 miles of East Rosebud Creek on the Custer Gallatin National Forest as Wild […]
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Yazoo Pumps: The Zombie Project That Must End
The Yazoo Pumps project on the Big Sunflower River, Mississippi, was a horrible idea in 1940 and it is a horrible idea today. Learn about the history of the project and take action to make sure it doesn’t happen – again.
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Don’t Walk… Run and Start Plogging!
The word plogging comes from jogging and “plocka upp,” the Swedish word for ‘pick-up’.
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Rio Grande Adventure On The Pages Of New Yorker Magazine
New Yorker story by Nick Paumgarten takes you on a multi-day journey on the Wild and Scenic Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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Dam Good Year for Dam Removal in 2017
In the midst of all the challenges 2017 saw for rivers and clean water, it was a record year for removing outdated, unsafe dams! Find out which states are leading the way on busting deadbeat dams, and read about some great river restoration projects.
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Georgetown Student Consultants Complete Research Project
Leveraging bright young minds to achieve our mission to protect wild rivers, restore damaged rivers, and conserve clean water for people and nature.
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New Bill Offers Wild and Scenic Protection for East Rosebud Creek
Representative Greg Gianforte, Montana’s lone congressman, introduced legislation to protect East Rosebud Creek as Montana’s next Wild & Scenic River, mirroring existing legislation in the Senate (S.501), introduced earlier this year by Montana’s senior Senator Jon Tester and co-sponsored by Senator Steve Daines.
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Farmer Calls for Industrial Farm Management Improvement
A third-generation Indiana farmer details problems caused by an industrial livestock operation that polluted his property’s water and lists changes that would help prevent more damage – these same issues are now faced by Arkansas’ Buffalo National River.