Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
A Bear of a Trip in the Golden Trout Wilderness
Jacob Dyste, River Restoration and Assessment Assistant, AmeriCorps Member
August 5, 2013 | Water Supply, Floods & Floodplains
Start the Bidding War for Clean Water
Patrick DiGiulian, Marketing and Online Communications Assistant
August 2, 2013
The bidding has begun! As part of the 2013 American Rivers Tour with The Infamous Stringdusters, American Rivers is auctioning off three great items with 100% of the proceeds going to support our work to protect and restore our nation’s waterways.
Read more »Enjoying the Eagle
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
July 31, 2013 | Blue Trails
Last week I had the opportunity to spend two glorious days in Eagle County, Colorado exploring the Upper Colorado and one of its tributaries in Central Colorado, the Eagle River. Joined by a few of my colleagues, we partook in one of my favorite summer activities: floating a river. These two rivers are a destination for families and adventurers wanting to fish, float and enjoy the beautiful river and canyon.
Read more »Unearthing a Piece of History—Daylighting Staunton’s Peyton Creek
Serena McClain, Director, River Restoration, Federal Grants
July 29, 2013 | Stormwater & Sewage, Water Supply, Floods & Floodplains
In Amy’s recent post, she does a great job of describing what stream daylighting is and how benefits to river health translate to community benefits. Staunton, Virginia is an example of one such community that recognizes the severe impact stormwater runoff is having on the water quality of Peyton Creek and has elected to do something about it.
Read more »New Green Infrastructure Plan
Sean Foltz, Associate Director, Clean Water Program
July 26, 2013 | Floods & Floodplains, Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers
Just recently, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's Commission approved a new Regional Green Infrastructure Plan for their service area. American Rivers played a role in helping the lead consultants CH2M HILL and CDM SMITH in some of the planning efforts.
Read more »Where Does a River Flow?
Stacey Detwiler, Associate, Conservation & Government Relations
July 26, 2013 | Urban Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
Have you ever wondered where a river comes from and where it flows?
The Department of Interior just released a new tool that lets you map out a river from its source in countless small headwater streams all the way downstream. All of our iconic rivers, from the Colorado to the Mississippi, start out as seemingly insignificant networks of small streams, seeps, wetlands, and rivulets.
Managing Stormwater for Safe Swimming
Liz G. Deardorff, Director, Clean Water Program Pennsylvania
July 25, 2013 | Stormwater & Sewage, Water Pollution, Urban Rivers
Here on the east coast we’re in the midst of a heat wave and some of our major waterways are unsafe for a cool swim. At Jones Falls in Baltimore’s inner-harbor hundreds of fish are dying. Experts are testing the fish and water but they speculate that high heat combined with an overload of nutrients is choking the supply of oxygen fish need to survive. Stormwater runoff may be to blame.
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