by South Yuba River Citizens League | Sep 5, 2023
Enacted in 1972, the Clean Water Act established a nationwide approach to improving the quality of our nation’s lakes, rivers, streams, and other water bodies. One of its features is that it prohibits the discharge of pollutants from a point source into “navigable waters” unless otherwise authorized under the Act. “Navigable waters” are defined in the Act as “the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas.”
by Idaho Rivers United | Sep 1, 2023
Where we are As summer fades away, the wild spring and summer-run Chinook and sockeye that have returned to Snake River Basin headwaters are finding mates and digging redds in the gravels of their birth in order to spawn – while steelhead are settling into deep river...
by Idaho Rivers United | Aug 31, 2023
In the world of environmental policy, this summer has been busy with three new proposed rules from the Federal Government, which include changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a Public Lands Rule, and revisions to the Bureau of Land Management’s...
by American Rivers | Jul 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, American Rivers, 412-680-2255 Amy Souers Kober, American Rivers, 503-708-1145 Susquehanna, PA– In a major step forward for public safety and river health, demolition of Oakland Dam on the Susquehanna River...
by California Trout | Jun 16, 2023
Written by Will Ware, CalTrout Bay Area Project Coordinator Winding across northern California, the Wild and Scenic (and endangered!) Eel River drains the state’s third largest watershed as it emerges from its headwaters in the Coast Range, snakes through steep...
