American Rivers
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Championing a movement to protect and restore the rivers on which we all depend. Learn more ↙️ www.americanrivers.org
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Ever wonder where your clean drinking water comes from?🚰 ⬇️ Follow along its journey from rivers and streams and into your faucets below!
💧 Learn more about the work we're doing to protect our clean water: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...
💧 Learn more about the work we're doing to protect our clean water: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...
Beneath the asphalt, lies a hidden network of streams and rivers. Now, a growing number of cities are realizing just how important their forgotten waterways are — and how revitalizing them can lead to happier, healthier lives for all of us: www.americanrivers.org/2024/10/the-...
The best cities are river cities
Beneath the concrete and asphalt, high rises and shops, playgrounds and schools, lies a hidden network of creeks, streams, and rivers. Some may flow underground through pipes, but they’re there. Now a...
www.americanrivers.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Beneath the asphalt, lies a hidden network of streams and rivers. Now, a growing number of cities are realizing just how important their forgotten waterways are — and how revitalizing them can lead to happier, healthier lives for all of us: www.americanrivers.org/2024/10/the-...
Let's come together to find solutions for the Potomac River. "This is an extraordinary ecological and public health disaster,” -Tom Kiernan, President and CEO, American Rivers
Read full @nytimes.com article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/c...
Read full @nytimes.com article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/c...
Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Let's come together to find solutions for the Potomac River. "This is an extraordinary ecological and public health disaster,” -Tom Kiernan, President and CEO, American Rivers
Read full @nytimes.com article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/c...
Read full @nytimes.com article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/c...
#DYK? 🤔 The hardest working river in the West is as diverse as it is unique. The Colorado River provides critical water supply for agriculture, industry, and municipalities, from Denver to Tijuana, which fuels a $1.4T annual economy.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/colora...
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/colora...
Colorado River
Colorado River The beating heart of the American Southwest From its genesis on the Continental Divide in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, the river originally known as the Grand grows from a c...
www.americanrivers.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
#DYK? 🤔 The hardest working river in the West is as diverse as it is unique. The Colorado River provides critical water supply for agriculture, industry, and municipalities, from Denver to Tijuana, which fuels a $1.4T annual economy.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/colora...
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/colora...
This #ValentinesDay, we're feeling the love for you – our supporters!
You're the puzzle piece that makes the work we're doing to protect and restore our nation's rivers possible. 💖 Thank you!
You're the puzzle piece that makes the work we're doing to protect and restore our nation's rivers possible. 💖 Thank you!
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This #ValentinesDay, we're feeling the love for you – our supporters!
You're the puzzle piece that makes the work we're doing to protect and restore our nation's rivers possible. 💖 Thank you!
You're the puzzle piece that makes the work we're doing to protect and restore our nation's rivers possible. 💖 Thank you!
Dam, y'all are otter this world! 🦦
Enjoy some love this #ValentinesDay from your friends at American Rivers! 💗
Send your favorite to your valentine 🤭
Enjoy some love this #ValentinesDay from your friends at American Rivers! 💗
Send your favorite to your valentine 🤭
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Dam, y'all are otter this world! 🦦
Enjoy some love this #ValentinesDay from your friends at American Rivers! 💗
Send your favorite to your valentine 🤭
Enjoy some love this #ValentinesDay from your friends at American Rivers! 💗
Send your favorite to your valentine 🤭
Colorado River Basin snowpack is at record lows, storage at Lakes Powell and Mead remains precarious, and hotter, drier conditions that present increased wildfire risks, water quality concerns, and water supply shortages are now the reality.
⌛Read statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
⌛Read statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Colorado River Basin snowpack is at record lows, storage at Lakes Powell and Mead remains precarious, and hotter, drier conditions that present increased wildfire risks, water quality concerns, and water supply shortages are now the reality.
⌛Read statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
⌛Read statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
“This [Potomac River sewage] situation will increasingly play out nationwide if municipalities ignore the needs of their water systems. The health of their rivers and citizens depend on timely investment.” -Gary Belan, Senior Director of Clean Water, American Rivers www.popville.com/2026/02/mass...
Now about that Massive Potomac Sewage Spill – Thing are, uh, NOT GOOD - PoPville
"A significant overflow occurred overnight after pump capacity dropped during a high-flow period. An earlier, smaller overflow was contained. New pumps may arrive this week to help stabilize operation...
www.popville.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
“This [Potomac River sewage] situation will increasingly play out nationwide if municipalities ignore the needs of their water systems. The health of their rivers and citizens depend on timely investment.” -Gary Belan, Senior Director of Clean Water, American Rivers www.popville.com/2026/02/mass...
New bills, HB 162 & SB 71, would weaken Alabama's ability to regulate the vast majority of contaminants like PFAS, threatening Alabama's communities and drinking water sources.
🔊 #TakeAction: Tell your State Reps to vote "NO" on HB 162/SB 71 below! alabamarivers.salsalabs.org/HB162andSB71...
🔊 #TakeAction: Tell your State Reps to vote "NO" on HB 162/SB 71 below! alabamarivers.salsalabs.org/HB162andSB71...
TAKE ACTION: HB 162 / SB 71 Threatens Alabama's Ability to Protect Our Water, Air and Soil Quality!
Tell Alabama's House State Government and Senate County and Municipal Government Committees to vote NO on HB 162 and SB 71
alabamarivers.salsalabs.org
February 14, 2026 at 3:08 AM
New bills, HB 162 & SB 71, would weaken Alabama's ability to regulate the vast majority of contaminants like PFAS, threatening Alabama's communities and drinking water sources.
🔊 #TakeAction: Tell your State Reps to vote "NO" on HB 162/SB 71 below! alabamarivers.salsalabs.org/HB162andSB71...
🔊 #TakeAction: Tell your State Reps to vote "NO" on HB 162/SB 71 below! alabamarivers.salsalabs.org/HB162andSB71...
Drawing on hundreds of studies since the original report, our new edition of "Where Rivers Are Born" details how small streams and wetlands slow floodwaters and cleanse pollution before it reaches downstream drinking water sources.
🌱 Read full report: www.americanrivers.org/report/where...
🌱 Read full report: www.americanrivers.org/report/where...
Where Rivers Are Born
The Scientific Imperative for Protecting Small Streams and Wetlands All of humanity and the entire global economy depend on a daily supply of clean water. Most of that water originates in small stream...
www.americanrivers.org
February 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Drawing on hundreds of studies since the original report, our new edition of "Where Rivers Are Born" details how small streams and wetlands slow floodwaters and cleanse pollution before it reaches downstream drinking water sources.
🌱 Read full report: www.americanrivers.org/report/where...
🌱 Read full report: www.americanrivers.org/report/where...
#DYK? 🤔 Minnesota's Boundary Waters provide critical habitat for wildlife including lynx, moose, bears, bass, trout, and waterfowl, making the region an ideal place for hiking, paddling, fishing, camping, and hunting.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/bounda...
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/bounda...
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness BOUNDARY WATERS: NORTHERN LIGHT Consider your bucket list. Now consider the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota. If you are a canoeist, a touring kayaker, or as...
www.americanrivers.org
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
#DYK? 🤔 Minnesota's Boundary Waters provide critical habitat for wildlife including lynx, moose, bears, bass, trout, and waterfowl, making the region an ideal place for hiking, paddling, fishing, camping, and hunting.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/bounda...
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/river/bounda...
“The wide variety of pollutants that are now in the [Potomac] River should be concerning to all, especially the immensely high E. coli levels, which are over 4000x higher than safe recreational limit.” -Gary Belan, Senior Director of Clean Water, American Rivers www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
A Broken Pipe Sent Millions of Gallons of Sewage into This NPS Site
Officials say more than 243 million gallons of sewage have flowed into the river since the pipe ruptured on January 19. Environmental tests have shown that significantly elevated levels of E. coli hav...
www.outsideonline.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
“The wide variety of pollutants that are now in the [Potomac] River should be concerning to all, especially the immensely high E. coli levels, which are over 4000x higher than safe recreational limit.” -Gary Belan, Senior Director of Clean Water, American Rivers www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
We're disappointed the Colorado River Basin states failed to meet the latest deadline for reaching agreement on a CO River management framework.
Read our joint statement w/ EDF, @nature.org, The TRCP, @troutunlimited.bsky.social, & Western Resource Advocates: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
Read our joint statement w/ EDF, @nature.org, The TRCP, @troutunlimited.bsky.social, & Western Resource Advocates: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
Groups Voice Concern Over Current State Impasse on Colorado River Management
As the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s most recent deadline passes, conservation and sportsmen groups—American Rivers, Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation ...
www.americanrivers.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
We're disappointed the Colorado River Basin states failed to meet the latest deadline for reaching agreement on a CO River management framework.
Read our joint statement w/ EDF, @nature.org, The TRCP, @troutunlimited.bsky.social, & Western Resource Advocates: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
Read our joint statement w/ EDF, @nature.org, The TRCP, @troutunlimited.bsky.social, & Western Resource Advocates: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/g...
Emergency sewer line repairs were needed right in front of American Rivers' headquarters in Washington D.C. Aging infrastructure is a huge problem we need to address to protect clean water, rivers, and people.
🚰 Learn more about our clean water work: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...
🚰 Learn more about our clean water work: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Emergency sewer line repairs were needed right in front of American Rivers' headquarters in Washington D.C. Aging infrastructure is a huge problem we need to address to protect clean water, rivers, and people.
🚰 Learn more about our clean water work: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...
🚰 Learn more about our clean water work: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...
The Colorado River, the rare wildlife, and the millions of Americans who depend on it need collaborative action now. And the stakes couldn’t be higher for a drying region.
🔊 #SpeakUp by tomorrow: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
🔊 #SpeakUp by tomorrow: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
Protect the Colorado River
Urge your reps to support policies, subsidies, and incentives that save water at every opportunity and management for healthier rivers and watersheds.
act.americanrivers.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The Colorado River, the rare wildlife, and the millions of Americans who depend on it need collaborative action now. And the stakes couldn’t be higher for a drying region.
🔊 #SpeakUp by tomorrow: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
🔊 #SpeakUp by tomorrow: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
California relies on its headwaters in the Sierra Nevada to provide a steady clean water supply to downstream users, essential habitat for native species, and recreation for nature lovers.
🌊 Explore our project work in California's headwaters: www.americanrivers.org/california-h...
🌊 Explore our project work in California's headwaters: www.americanrivers.org/california-h...
California Headwaters
California relies on its headwaters in the Sierra Nevada to provide a steady clean water supply to downstream users, essential habitat for native species, and recreation for nature lovers. Rivers are ...
www.americanrivers.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
California relies on its headwaters in the Sierra Nevada to provide a steady clean water supply to downstream users, essential habitat for native species, and recreation for nature lovers.
🌊 Explore our project work in California's headwaters: www.americanrivers.org/california-h...
🌊 Explore our project work in California's headwaters: www.americanrivers.org/california-h...
"Up until now, nobody's really had a reliable way to assess how protected rivers are...So, we set out to develop a framework to address that gap." -John Zablocki, Director of River Protection, American Rivers
📲 Read full article: app.publicnewsservice.org/story/new-on...
📲 Read full article: app.publicnewsservice.org/story/new-on...
New online tool shows protection levels for California, U.S. waterways
More than 80% of watersheds in the United States lack adequate protection and now, a new online tool will tell you if the river or creek in your neighborhood is
app.publicnewsservice.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
"Up until now, nobody's really had a reliable way to assess how protected rivers are...So, we set out to develop a framework to address that gap." -John Zablocki, Director of River Protection, American Rivers
📲 Read full article: app.publicnewsservice.org/story/new-on...
📲 Read full article: app.publicnewsservice.org/story/new-on...
The outlook for the Colorado River is grim. Basins are seeing below-average snowpack, and models show Lake Powell could drop below hydropower levels as early as this Fall—threatening communities and ecosystems downstream.
🗣️ Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
🗣️ Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
The Colorado River - A 2025 Recap
In December of 2025, a hodge-podge, high-power mix of water users, water managers and policy makers, non-profits, scientists, and journalists convened in Las Vegas for the 80th annual Colorado River W...
www.americanrivers.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The outlook for the Colorado River is grim. Basins are seeing below-average snowpack, and models show Lake Powell could drop below hydropower levels as early as this Fall—threatening communities and ecosystems downstream.
🗣️ Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
🗣️ Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
Amid ongoing negotiations, the future of the Colorado River hangs in the balance:
“The river isn’t going to wait for process or politics,” -Matt Rice, Southwest Regional Director, American Rivers
📲 Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/snow-drought-oregon-colorado-utah
“The river isn’t going to wait for process or politics,” -Matt Rice, Southwest Regional Director, American Rivers
📲 Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/snow-drought-oregon-colorado-utah
Western US gripped by extreme snow drought: ‘I've never seen a winter like this'
States brace for less water and fire risks as Oregon, Colorado and Utah report lowest statewide snowpack since 1980s
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Amid ongoing negotiations, the future of the Colorado River hangs in the balance:
“The river isn’t going to wait for process or politics,” -Matt Rice, Southwest Regional Director, American Rivers
📲 Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/snow-drought-oregon-colorado-utah
“The river isn’t going to wait for process or politics,” -Matt Rice, Southwest Regional Director, American Rivers
📲 Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/snow-drought-oregon-colorado-utah
🙌 American Rivers recently presented at the River Restoration Northwest Conference on generating the next wave of river restoration projects for wildlife, healthy rivers, and community safety.
Such a phenomenal opportunity to present our work and collaborate with important partners in this space!
Such a phenomenal opportunity to present our work and collaborate with important partners in this space!
February 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
🙌 American Rivers recently presented at the River Restoration Northwest Conference on generating the next wave of river restoration projects for wildlife, healthy rivers, and community safety.
Such a phenomenal opportunity to present our work and collaborate with important partners in this space!
Such a phenomenal opportunity to present our work and collaborate with important partners in this space!
The Colorado River, the rare wildlife, and the millions of Americans who depend on it need collaborative action now. The stakes couldn’t be higher for a drying region.
🔊 #SpeakUp for the future of the mighty Colorado today: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
🔊 #SpeakUp for the future of the mighty Colorado today: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The Colorado River, the rare wildlife, and the millions of Americans who depend on it need collaborative action now. The stakes couldn’t be higher for a drying region.
🔊 #SpeakUp for the future of the mighty Colorado today: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
🔊 #SpeakUp for the future of the mighty Colorado today: act.americanrivers.org/page/85402/a...
👏 We're grateful to @fetterman.senate.gov and Senator Todd Young for their leadership in introducing the Ohio River Restoration Program Act to improve water quality and access, economic growth, and overall watershed health. #OhioRiver #Water #Conservation www.fetterman.senate.gov/fetterman-yo...
Fetterman, Young Introduce Bill to Preserve Ohio River Basin - U.S. Senator John Fetterman
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Ohio River Restoration Program Act to improve water quality, transportation and economy, ecologic...
www.fetterman.senate.gov
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
👏 We're grateful to @fetterman.senate.gov and Senator Todd Young for their leadership in introducing the Ohio River Restoration Program Act to improve water quality and access, economic growth, and overall watershed health. #OhioRiver #Water #Conservation www.fetterman.senate.gov/fetterman-yo...
#DYK? 🐻 One of our nation's wildest rivers, the Kootenai River provides critical habitat for several rare and threatened native fish species, as well as wildlife like grizzly bears and woodland caribou. www.americanrivers.org/river/kooten...
Kootenai River
Kootenai River One of our country’s wildest rivers, the Kootenai River provides critical habitat for several rare and threatened native fish species, as well as wildlife like grizzly bear and woodland...
www.americanrivers.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
#DYK? 🐻 One of our nation's wildest rivers, the Kootenai River provides critical habitat for several rare and threatened native fish species, as well as wildlife like grizzly bears and woodland caribou. www.americanrivers.org/river/kooten...
We’re working with the USFS and the California DFW to restore 250+ acres and 3 miles of West Walker River by reconnecting the river to its alluvial fan—flows will once again spread out, deposit sediment, and support wet meadow habitat. Construction begins summer 2026!
📸Jeff O'Connell, Sarah Hecocks
📸Jeff O'Connell, Sarah Hecocks
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
We’re working with the USFS and the California DFW to restore 250+ acres and 3 miles of West Walker River by reconnecting the river to its alluvial fan—flows will once again spread out, deposit sediment, and support wet meadow habitat. Construction begins summer 2026!
📸Jeff O'Connell, Sarah Hecocks
📸Jeff O'Connell, Sarah Hecocks
The economies and cultures of nearly 40M people hang in the balance as the Colorado River basin states face a new deadline of Feb 14th to come to an agreement about the future management of the #CORiver.
What's next? 🌊 Read below: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
What's next? 🌊 Read below: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
The Colorado River - A 2025 Recap
In December of 2025, a hodge-podge, high-power mix of water users, water managers and policy makers, non-profits, scientists, and journalists convened in Las Vegas for the 80th annual Colorado River W...
www.americanrivers.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The economies and cultures of nearly 40M people hang in the balance as the Colorado River basin states face a new deadline of Feb 14th to come to an agreement about the future management of the #CORiver.
What's next? 🌊 Read below: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
What's next? 🌊 Read below: www.americanrivers.org/2026/02/the-...
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM