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Data Centers and Rivers: Protecting Clean Water and River Health
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (212+ words) americanrivers. org Data Centers and Rivers: Protecting Clean Water and River Health The rapid proliferation of data centers is placing an unsustainable burden on rivers and the communities that rely on them. While these facilities promise jobs and tax revenue,…...
American Rivers Statement on Repeal of Public Lands Rule
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (267+ words) americanrivers. org American Rivers Statement on Repeal of Public Lands Rule Contact: Hawk Hammer, National Communications and Media Director, Hhammer@americanrivers. org WASHINGTON D. C. " In response to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) plans to repeal the Conservation and Landscape Health…...
The Places We Notice Become the Places We Protect
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (228+ words) Reflections From My Time Interning with American Rivers "Spaces like Coal Oil Point give students a controlled but natural environment to not just conduct research in, but also connect to it. These spaces allow UCSB undergrads to be as close…...
American Rivers Mourns Passing of Visionary River Advocate and Conservationist Ted Turner
1+ week, 3+ day ago (129+ words) americanrivers. org American Rivers Mourns Passing of Visionary River Advocate and Conservationist Ted Turner Contact: Hawk Hammer, Hhammer@americanrivers. org 5/6/2026 WASHINGTON D. C. " American Rivers is saddened to learn of the passing of Ted Turner, a dedicated river advocate and conservationist and…...
Q & A with Tillie Walton, Wild Rivers with Tillie
1+ week, 3+ day ago (704+ words) Tillie Walton is a conservationist, hydrologist, river guide, and the host of the PBS series, Wild Rivers with Tillie. She is also a dear friend of American Rivers. We had the opportunity to ask Tillie a few questions about the…...
The Magic of the Myakka
2+ week, 5+ day ago (368+ words) The Myakka is a rain-fed river, rising and falling with the seasons, sometimes shrinking back to expose'dry'stretches of'riverbed'and then filling again with the next rains." The Myakka is an inspiring example of how local commitment can shape national conservation efforts'through…...
Western Voters Consistently Back High-Value River Protections
2+ week, 5+ day ago (247+ words) A May 2025 poll in eastern Idaho shows this connection clearly. The survey polled registered voters in six eastern Idaho counties, with'roughly two-thirds'of respondents identifying as Republican." These voters, who live at the headwaters of the Snake River system, were asked…...
Potomac River Leads 2026 List of America's Most Endangered Rivers" Due to Historic Sewage Spill and Unchecked Data Center Growth
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (389+ words) Washington, D. C. " American Rivers is today naming the Potomac River as number one on our America's Most Endangered Rivers" list of 2026, because of the one-two-punch of a historic sewage spill and the rapidly expanding footprint of water-intensive data centers across the…...
Public Lands and Waters Deserve Durable Protections, Not Congressional Review Act Chaos
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (184+ words) Outside the halls of Congress, few are familiar with the legislative tool called the Congressional Review Act. Seemingly innocuous, even boring in its name, the Congressional Review Act " or CRA " is a powerful, consequential political device, andit'sincreasingly being used to…...
Pipeline Threats Lands Dan River as #8 on America's Most Endangered Rivers" List of 2026
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (137+ words) Drinking Water for Hundreds of Thousands at Risk "Energy production can't come at the expense of our most vital of resources " our nation's freshwater," said Alice Broderick, spokesperson for American Rivers. "There is always a risk when pipelines are built…...