American Rivers

50 years ago today, the catastrophic collapse of the Teton Dam unleashed billions of gallons of water, devastating downstream communities. The river and the people who depend on it continue to rebuild. 🎬 "Second Chance" follows this story – Watch the full short film: https://youtu.be/oeKzA6MwT8A

This week's Trails, Rivers, and Forests Expo in Missoula, Montana was a grand success! 🎉 Cohosted by American Rivers, this family-friendly outdoor recreation fair drew 45 nonprofit, business, and agency partners to celebrate our public lands and waters. Read more: www.kpax.com/news/missoul...

La Ciénega is a wetland in the Colorado River Delta that provides crucial habitat for migratory birds. But, revived interest in restarting the Yuma Desalting Plant would negatively impact this essential habitat. 🐦 Learn more: www.audubon.org/news/vital-bird-habitat-colorado-river-delta-risk

Many aging dams pose serious safety threats to our communities. Low head dams, as pictured behind Katie, create recirculating washing machine-like features that can trap even the most experienced paddlers. 🛶 Learn how to stay safe out on the river this spring: www.americanrivers.org/damsafety

The removal of the aging, obsolete low head Ramseur dam opened over 3 main stem river miles of NC's Deep River for aquatic wildlife, expanded outdoor recreation, and permanently protected 27 acres of natural floodplains. 🔗 Read Ramseur's dam removal story: www.americanrivers.org/ramseur-dam-...

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For nearly 100 years, four large dams on the Klamath River blocked salmon and steelhead trout from reaching more than 400 miles of habitat. 🐟 This World Fish Migration Day, enjoy this footage of their return to historic spawning habitat post-dam removal! 🎥 Swiftwater Films

We are deeply saddened to share that one of the founders of American Rivers, and one of our country’s conservation greats, Rafe Pomerance, has passed away. In this video, Rafe talks about the early days of the conservation movement and the founding of American Rivers.

Calling Missoula locals! 📢 Join us June 3 from 5-9pm at the Trails, Rivers, & Forests Expo to celebrate out public lands and waters! 📆 Event details: https://wildmontana.org/event/trails-rivers-forests-expo-2026/

“I think rivers have a soul...” -Scott Bosse, Northern Rockies Regional Director, American Rivers A brief excerpt from Second Chance, our recently released short film focusing on the protection of the Teton River. 🎬 Watch the full film today: https://youtu.be/oeKzA6MwT8A

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🎬 Our short film, Second Chance, is live on YouTube! Nearly 50 years after the catastrophic collapse of the Teton Dam, the river and the people who depend on it continue to recover, rebuild, and reimagine what the future of the watershed can be. 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/oeKzA6MwT8A

We're not playing on our phone. We're taking action to protect America's Most Endangered Rivers® of 2026. 👉📲 And you can too at AmericanRivers.org/TakeAction

American Rivers' new short film “Restoring Mountain Meadows” takes you uphill into California's Sierra Nevada and deep into the restoration work that is healing one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. 🌾🎥 Watch full short film: https://www.americanrivers.org/restoring-mountain-meadows/

Our new short film “Restoring Mountain Meadows” dives into California’s Ackerson and Faith Valley Meadows! We take you into the Sierra Nevada and into the restoration work healing one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. 🎥 Watch full short film today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkcwzknKto0

Florida's Suwanee River is famous for its springs, which ensure a consistent flow of clean water. But pollution and excessive water withdrawals are contaminating the river and causing vital springs to dry up. ⬇️ Help reverse the decline of this river below: www.AmericanRivers.org/SuwanneeRiver2026

The Amargosa River is a desert treasure. But proposed claystone mining threatens pollution and impacted groundwater flows. The DOI must approve a mineral withdrawal to prevent this mining project. 📲 #TakeAction now before temporary protection expires: www.AmericanRivers.org/AmargosaRiver2026

The Dan River remains a living relative to Indigenous peoples of the region. Sadly, the construction of two major gas pipeline projects threaten these relationships and the health of this vital river. 🔊 Help protect the Dan River: www.AmericanRivers.org/DanRiver2026 @cleanwaternc.bsky.social

The failure of a dam freed a 2-mile stretch of the Nissequogue River, allowing it to restore itself and come back to life. Now, a proposal to build a new dam at this site threatens this progress. 🗣️ Call on state agencies to reconsider rebuilding the dam: www.AmericanRivers.org/NissequogueRiver2026

The Chilkat River, the lifeblood of Klukwan, supports an abundance of salmon, bears, and other wildlife. But a large, acid-producing hard rock mine, would contaminate the watershed, endangering a way of life. 🗣️ Use your voice today! Help protect the Chilkat: www.AmericanRivers.org/ChilkatRiver2026

Oregon's Rogue River is threatened by the loss of existing #RoadlessRule protections that would increase logging, mining, and road building, in turn, polluting tributary streams and increasing wildfire risk. 🚨ACT NOW – Tell Congress to uphold the Roadless Rule: www.AmericanRivers.org/RogueRiver2026

#MostEndangeredRivers: The Lumber River provides drinking water to local communities and is a refuge for fish and wildlife. But toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS are polluting this precious lifeline for the Southeast. 🗣️ #SpeakUp for the Lumber: www.AmericanRivers.org/LumberRiver2026

⚠️ URGENT: U.S. Senate likely voting today on overturning the 20-year Boundary Waters mining ban! Congress must reject efforts to allow mining near these pristine waters. 🔊 Contact your Senators now: https://act.americanrivers.org/page/96623/action/1?ea.tracking.id=XThreadsBluesky

🚨 San Joaquin River ranks #2 in our 2026 #MostEndangeredRivers report! A large blast mine threatens its flows, water quality, and the communities that depend on it. Join us in urging the Fresno County Board to reject CEMEX’s proposal! 📢 Act now below: www.AmericanRivers.org/SanJoaquinRiver2026

📢 Potomac River tops our 2026 Most Endangered Rivers list with @prknetwork.bsky.social & @gonatureforward.bsky.social! Sewage pollution and data center development threatens this source of drinking water for our nation’s capital. 🔊 Learn more & #TakeAction: www.AmericanRivers.org/PotomacRiver2026

Low head dams are dangerous “drowning machines” that can trap even the most experienced paddlers. Before you hit the river this spring, know where these dams are located and how to stay safe. 🚧 Learn more this Low Head Dam Safety Awareness Month: https://www.americanrivers.org/low-head-dam-safety/

🎬 Join us for a powerful film premiere! Be the first to watch "Ever Flowing", a short film exploring the urgent effort to restore salmon populations in the Snake River Basin. 🗓 April 16 ⏰ 12:00 PM PT 💻 Free & virtual 📲 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qctRYpidQDStnzF8ZZPzrw

It’s #NationalWildlifeWeek! 🤩 🦦 Rivers are more than just waterways. By air, water, and land, countless species depend on our rivers for habitat, survival, and connection. 🎥 Fin and Fur Films

It's Low Head Dam Safety Awareness Month 🚧 Many low head dams no longer serve their intended purpose, and we should prioritize those structures for removal to protect communities and restore river ecosystems. Learn how to safely navigate them: https://www.americanrivers.org/low-head-dam-safety/

When our Southwest Regional Director, Matt Rice, joined Tillie Walton on Lake Powell in 2022, the lake was dangerously close to a critical level where it could no longer produce hydropower. Years later, that reality looms in even more ways. 🌊 Watch full episode 6: https://wildriverswithtillie.org/

Each year, our America’s Most Endangered Rivers® report highlights ten rivers at critical turning points. Together, on April 14, we can encourage decision-makers to protect our rivers and the life that depends on them. 📲 Be the first to know this year's list: act.americanrivers.org/page/96058/s...

🎬 Join us for a powerful film premiere! Be the first to watch "Ever Flowing", a short film exploring the urgent effort to restore salmon populations in the Snake River Basin. 🗓 April 16 ⏰ 12:00 PM PT 💻 Free & virtual 📲 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qctRYpidQDStnzF8ZZPzrw

“People protect what they love, and they love what they know.” Every monthly gift through 3/31 fuels our work and enters you to win a 4-5 day rafting adventure for two through the Yampa River’s legendary canyons. 🎉🌊 Enter to win today: act.americanrivers.org/page/92838/d... 🎥 Logan Bockrath

Sometimes the news can get heavy – about rivers, and otherwise. We aren’t alone in the fight for their future – we’ve got good partners and friends, like Tillie Walton, working to save them. 🌊 Watch her full episodes exploring the wild rivers of the American West: www.wildriverswithtillie.org

In NC, the Deep River's Ramseur dam was originally constructed in the early 1900s to power a sawmill. Built largely of river rock, time had since taken its toll: the gates on the dam were broken and water continuously seeped through the structure. 🎉Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/ramseur-dam-...

Healing Seattle's watersheds through restoration!🎉 Our latest restoration project, a 10,000-year-old wetland known as the Roxhill Bog, is one of the few surviving fragments of a much larger peat bog ecosystem that once flourished in the Northwest – Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2026/03/natu...

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/?...

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