A Review of Fish Passage Provisions in the License Application for the Hells Canyon Complex

Conservation Groups’ Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project

Critique of the Goldendale Energy Storage Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. P-14861)

Hydropower at Jackson Lake Dam, Grand Teton National Park: Probabilities and Implications

Hydropower Development on the Mississippi River

Hydropower Reform Can Save Rivers

Motion to intervene by various parties in Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project

Request for rehearing of order issuing new license in Mill 2/3 Hydroelectric Project

River of the Year

Save the Skykomish River

Protecting the Olympic Peninsula: The Future of the Wild Olympics Act

When anyone asks me my favorite color, I simply say ‘Hoh River Blue’ and show them this photo: Hoh River, WA | Photo by Colin Wiseman The jaw dropping Hoh River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula is just one of the 19 rivers and their tributaries that are proposed to receive federal protection under the […]

2021 Most Endangered Rivers list highlights need for environmental justice

The threats facing America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2021 aren’t just threats to rivers and the environment. They are threats to people – to human health, safety and survival. On Georgia’s South River (#4), predominantly Black neighborhoods are disproportionately impacted by sewage pollution. On New Mexico’s Pecos River (#5), Indigenous and Latino communities would be some of the hardest hit by pollution from a proposed […]

America’s Infrastructure gets a C-

The American Society of Civil Engineers recently released their new Report Card on America’s Infrastructure. And while America’s infrastructure receives a C- overall, our water infrastructure is faring far worse: stormwater infrastructure gets a D, wastewater infrastructure gets a D+, while drinking water leads the pack with a C-. The ASCE report is just one […]

Colorado River Futures – “Climate & the River” Edition

This blog was written by Page Buono & Sinjin Eberle, American Rivers Communications Director, Intermountain West. Over the last few weeks, we’ve focused our attention on the recent study published by the Center for Colorado River Studies about the future of the Colorado River, given some alarming new data synthesized by the Center. You’ll likely […]

69 Dams Removed in 2020

Despite the challenges of working through a pandemic, river restoration practitioners continued to pursue dam removal projects in 2020 to revitalize local economies and communities and reconnect 624 upstream river miles for fish, wildlife and river health. Sixty-nine dams were removed in 2020 across 23 states, including: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, […]

Future of the Colorado River – the “Changed River” edition

As we teased in a blog last week, we’re back to continue breaking down the compelling, and quite frankly, sea-changing recent study coming out of the Center for Colorado Rivers Studies at Utah State University. In it, we highlighted key findings from the study’s authors, Kevin Wheeler, Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn, Brad Udall and others. […]

A bold plan for salmon, clean energy and jobs in the Pacific Northwest

Two summers ago, I floated the Middle Fork Salmon, in the heart of Idaho’s Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness. The trip had everything, spectacular scenery, great fishing, wonderful companions. The only thing missing was abundant salmon and steelhead which, before the construction of the four lower Snake River dams, made the 800 mile journey […]

New report confronts tough choices for the future of the Colorado River

This blog was written by Sinjin Eberle & Page Buono The Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University recently published a preprint edition of their new white paper titled, “Alternative Management Paradigms for the Future of the Colorado and Green Rivers.” The authors of the paper include Kevin Wheeler, Jack Schmidt, Brad Udall, […]

President Biden Executive Orders Rollback of Anti-Environmental Regulatory Actions

American Rivers sees the first one hundred days of the new Biden Administration as an opportunity for real change in protecting our Nation’s waters and water resources.  In our 2021 Blueprint for Action , we identify overturning or reversing the anti-water protection regulations and actions of the past four years as a top priority for […]

UN report: Aging dams pose growing threat

By 2050, most people on Earth will live downstream of tens of thousands of large dams built in the 20th century, many of them already operating at or beyond their design life, according to a UN University analysis. The report, “Aging water infrastructure: An emerging global risk,” by UNU’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health, […]