Battling drought on trout waters
How we’re making key Western streams more hospitable for trout and people in the hotter, drier present.
For Outdoor Enthusiasts, Supreme Court EPA Ruling is Mixed
On June 30, the Supreme Court of the United States released a highly-anticipated decision in West Virginia vs. EPA, one of the most important climate change-related cases in the past decade. The ruling eliminated one of the Environmental Protection Agency...
Addressing public safety at low head dams
American Whitewater’s database of whitewater accidents and fatalities, maintained since 1972, documents that 10% of river fatalities nationwide are a result of individuals getting caught in a low head dam hydraulic. These dams are generally defined as a manmade...
American Whitewater Prevails in Case to Protect the Tuolumne River
In a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, American Whitewater and our allies prevailed to uphold the Clean Water Act in protection of the Tuolumne River. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act which...
AW Participates in EPA Roundtable on the Importance of Clean Water
On Tuesday, June 7, Kevin Colburn, American Whitewater’s National Stewardship Director, participated in a roundtable hosted jointly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Cahaba Brewing Co. on the importance of clean water protections in the Southeast....4 Bills would jumpstart the America the Beautiful Initiative
With record high temperatures and historically low water levels, we need to conserve and restore 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030