Battling drought on trout waters
How we’re making key Western streams more hospitable for trout and people in the hotter, drier present.
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...
D.C. Court Denies Waiver of Clean Water Act for Tuolumne River Hydro Projects; Ruling Vindicates CSPA and Allies
On June 17, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit issued a ruling denying waiver of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act in the licensing of two hydropower projects on the Tuolumne River. Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District (Districts)...Read moreThe potential tied to salmon recovery and river restoration is too great to pass up, and the threat of inaction to our rivers, communities, and wild salmon is too real to ignore.