Hi John,

A developer just submitted preliminary permits to dam two of the west’s last remaining wild rivers – dams that would harm the flowing waters and fragile desert ecosystems of the Little Colorado River and San Francisco River.

I want to make sure supporters like you understand what this means. Fortunately, these are just permit applications – not full-blown project proposals – and if these dams ever do become a real threat, American Rivers will stop them.

Situations like this are why it’s so critical to safeguard our last free-flowing rivers now: so that they will remain wild forever, unharmed by dams or other harmful development.

Donate today to protect free-flowing, wild rivers

The two permits filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would dam the Little Colorado River, just miles from the river’s confluence with the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, as well as Arizona’s San Francisco River, which feeds the free-flowing Gila River.

We’re going to stay vigilant about this – and about the many other threats facing the rivers you love.

Please join us today to help secure permanent protections for these special places and rivers across the west -- so they can flow wild and free for generations to come.

For the Rivers,