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Program to Remove Small, Obsolete Dams Will Boost Communities, Rivers ( more )
For the Santa Fe, 2007’s Most Endangered River, water is the missing ingredient, leaving this once-thriving river a dry, weed-choked ditch most of the year. ( more )
Canoeing USA turns to American Rivers , the best source for news updates on the current status and future plans concerning the rivers of America. Here are some of the headlines with links to some high priority articles.
American Rivers Organizing Nationwide Cleanups
WASHINGTON, DC Millions of tons of trash wind up in our nations rivers and streams every year. American Rivers is harnessing the environmental passion and community pride of thousands of people to do something about it. ( more )
New Report: Runoff from Development Threatening Wisconsin's Waters
Better Implementation and Enforcement of 2002 Runoff Prevention Law Needed ( more )
Early Review: White House FY08 Budget, Water & Rivers
Peter Raabe, policy director at American Rivers, today offered the following highlights and comment on the president’s FY08 budget: “America’s crumbling water and sewage system is making us sick." ( more )
Kerry, Feingold Seek to Prompt Global-Warming Debate With Water Bill
Two Democrats this week are planning to use a costly legislative package of water projects as the vehicle for the Senate’s first debate on global warming in the 110th Congress. ( more )
Interior and Environment Appropriation Will Fund Clean, Flowing Rivers
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a major funding bill that will make significant progress toward protecting and restoring rivers across the nation, according to an American Rivers spokesperson. ( more )
America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2007
Court Throws Out Bush Administration Policy to Count Hatchery Salmon as Wild
Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Seattle, WA — A federal district court in Seattle yesterday ruled illegal the Bush Administration’s policy of counting hatchery salmon and steelhead the same as wild salmon and steelhead for purposes of determining whether Endangered Species Act protections should apply. ( more )
Businesses Call for Greater Protection for the Wild Rogue
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 — Grants Pass, OR — A coalition of more than 40 local and regional businesses including outfitters, guides, lodge owners, and manufacturers of recreational equipment, have come together to urge Oregon lawmakers to protect the Wild Rogue, an area of threatened wildlands and tributary streams along the famous lower Rogue River in southwest Oregon. Last fall the Bush administration and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced plans to log hundreds of acres of old-growth forest in the area. ( more )
What's In Your Water?
Washington, DC — Every year hundreds of billions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage are dumped into the rivers and lakes of America and people living nearby don’t even know it. ( more )