We made progress
[[link removed]] [[link removed]]Dear John,
This year has been full of challenges to our work protecting clean water and
rivers – but thanks to supporters like you, we had some great victories in 2019.
Rivers make life possible – from your drinking water and the food on your plate,
to the health of your community, to your favorite places in nature. Our advocacy
touches every river and stream in the country.
We tackle big threats to rivers, and we know how to get results. Here are some
wins you can be proud of:
Tearing down dams to restore rivers
American Rivers played a part in removing 11 dams, including Bloede Dam on
Maryland’s Patapsco River -- eliminating a drowning hazard and opening up 65+
miles of spawning habitat for blueback herring, alewife and shad. Our advocacy
and trainings have also built a powerful movement: record numbers of dams have
been removed in the last two years.
Saving wild rivers
Just months after East Rosebud Creek became Montana’s first Wild and Scenic
River in 42 years, bipartisan legislation permanently protected 620 miles of
rivers in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode
Island and Utah.
The nation’s voice for rivers
America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2019 report garnered national and local
media attention, spotlighting the threat climate change poses to our rivers and
water supplies. Soon after we named Arkansas’ Buffalo National River to the
list, local groups won big when the governor decided to close an industrial hog
farm that has polluted the river.
Cleaning streams
National River Cleanup® volunteers pulled 2.7 million pounds of trash from
rivers and streams across 44 states. Through this program, we’re not just
cleaning up rivers – we’re introducing new people to conservation and inspiring
a new generation of river advocates.
American Rivers is the only national river organization working at the
grassroots level and in the nation’s capital to ensure a future of healthy
rivers — a resource we can’t live without.
And it’s people like you who power our work every day.
Thank you for making our successes possible in 2019 -- and I know we’ll
accomplish a lot together in the year ahead.
For the rivers,
[[link removed]] Bob Irvin
President and CEO
American RiversP.S. – A gift from you today will help us start the new year strong. All donations
through the end of 2019 will be matched up to $175,000 – so please, give today and double your impact!
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Photos:
River Clean-up Girl | by Johanna Bergenholtz
Bloede Dam Explosion | by Jack Hardway, Elevated Media Concepts, LLC
East Rosebud | by Mike Fiebig
Cuyahoga River | iStock
Man at River Clean-up | by Tom Corey
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