American Rivers

05/31/2026

The majority of our nation’s dams are outdated, not built to withstand modern day storms and flooding.

This National Dam Safety Awareness Day, read our President & CEO, Tom Kiernan,'s Op-Ed urging Congress to prioritize public safety and approve dedicated funding for the regular upkeep, rehabilitation, and removal of dams:

Members of Congress need to put public safety first and approve dedicated funding for the regular upkeep, rehabilitation or removal of dams.

05/31/2026

This National Dam Safety Awareness Day, watch our in-depth explainer video on removing outdated, obsolete dams for the benefit of community safety, water quality, wildlife, and more.

🎥 Watch here:

Few things have such a fundamental impact on a river as a dam or cu...

05/31/2026

More intense storms are producing floods that many dams were never designed to withstand, making failures more likely and putting people downstream at risk should dams fail.

This National Dam Safety Awareness Day, dam safety offices need greater funding and capacity not only to monitor existing dams, but to support the removal of those obsolete and unsafe.

🚧 Read more & get involved: https://www.americanrivers.org/2026/05/maintain-them-or-drain-them-rethinking-dam-safety-in-america/

05/31/2026

Each of the ten rivers on our America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2026 list is at a tipping point, facing an urgent decision in the coming months. They need you.

🗣️ for their future today:

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors must reject CEMEX’s proposal to expand their operating permit to create a 600-foot-deep blast mine.

05/30/2026

Exciting news for the ! 🎉

The DOI recently announced the release of $40 million for the purchase and protection of water rights held by the Shoshone Hydropower Plant which are crucial to sustaining its flows.

Learn more about this effort:

On the evening of November 19, a packed conference room in the Denver West Marriott erupted in cheers when the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved one of the largest ever dedications of water for the environment in Colorado’s history. This new deal, if completed, will ensure that water curr...

05/30/2026

In California’s Central Valley, a river can look alive and still be starving. The San Joaquin winds through farmland and former floodplain country, but for much of the last century, it has been cut off from the seasonal flooding that is the life force of juvenile fish.

That is why inland salmon and steelhead — ocean-going rainbow trout — recovery conversations keep circling back to one idea: The river must be reconnected to the land beside it.

If the benefits floodplains provide for fish are repeatedly backed by science, the question becomes: Where and how can floodplains be restored? 🌾 Read here:

In California’s Central Valley, a river can look alive and still be starving. The San Joaquin winds through farmland and former floodplain country, but for much of the last century, it has been cut off from the seasonal flooding that is the lifeforce of juvenile fish. That is why inland salmon and...

05/30/2026

The catastrophic collapse of the Teton Dam unleashed nearly 80 billion gallons of water, devastating downstream communities. Nearly 50 years later, the Teton River and the people who depend on it continue to rebuild and reimagine what the future of the watershed can be.

🎬 Our new film "Second Chance" follows this story – Watch now:

🎬 The Film: SECOND CHANCE Presented by American RiversA River. A Community. A Second Chance.The Teton River flows quietly through eastern Idaho, a wild trou...

05/29/2026

Recently, Congress revoked Boundary Waters protections through the Congressional Review Act (CRA), green lighting harmful mining.

The CRA is increasingly being used to undermine protections for our public lands and waters. Now, the Escalante River in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is threatened by the same tool.

🔊 : Say "No" to the CRA on Public Lands!

🗣️Let your voice be heard. Stand up to protect Public Lands from Congressional overreach

05/29/2026

The Roadless Rule is a landmark national policy adopted by the U.S. Forest Service in 2001 to maintain approximately 58.5 million acres of largely healthy, undeveloped National Forest System lands.

The Rule does this by prohibiting new road construction and commercial timber harvest in designated Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs). The importance of these protections cannot be overstated.

🌲 What's happening right now with the and why you should care:

“The Roadless Rule safeguards millions of acres of forest from being carved up, developed, and put at greater risk from catastrophic wildfire and provides nearly 25 million Americans with low-cost, clean drinking water.” —David Moryc, Senior Director of River Protection for American Rivers The...