by American Whitewater | Jan 14, 2021
By: Thomas O’Keefe For the past several years American Whitewater has worked with the National Park Service Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program, American Rivers, Whatcom Land Trust, the Nooksack Tribe, Washington Department of Natural Resources,...
by American Rivers | Jan 12, 2021
I watched the raging mob pouring into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 with a mix of horror, disgust, and anger. This felt personal. I’ve spent more than 30 years working in Washington, D.C. and on Capitol Hill to protect the environment, including serving on the...
by American Rivers | Dec 3, 2020
American Rivers recently praised PacifiCorp and parent company Berkshire Hathaway for stepping up to ensure dam removal and river restoration on the Klamath River in Oregon and California. While we applaud PacifiCorp for taking responsibility for the damage that their...
by American Rivers | Nov 22, 2020
When two tribes, two states and Warren Buffett step up and commit to the world’s biggest dam removal project – it’s a big deal. That’s what happened last week, when the Karuk and Yurok tribes, California Governor Newsom, Oregon Governor Brown, the Klamath River...
by Idaho Rivers United | Oct 23, 2020
“The failure of this federal plan to adequately address the rapid extirpation of salmon and steelhead in Idaho and the Snake River Basin cannot be overstated. Instead of proposing solutions that get us to an abundance of wild fish, this continues down the decades-long...
by American Rivers | Oct 16, 2020
Today, the Trump Administration officially put forward a proposal to build the Yazoo Pumps – a shockingly irresponsible project that will put tens of thousands of people at risk, threaten the integrity of the Clean Water Act, and degrade hundreds of thousands of acres...
