American Rivers

Nothing says summer quite like a day out on the river! ☀️🛶

Our Associate Director of Southeast Conservation, Donna Myers, recently joined Sustainable Sandhills on North Carolina's Cape Fear River for a day of paddling and connecting with nature.

We hope you'll find time to get outside and enjoy your local river this summer!

$20 million was recently allocated for the Dam Safety Grant Fund in the North Carolina budget to repair or remove dams damaged by Helene. Our Director of Southeast River Restoration, Erin McCombs, applauds the decision as communities are still dealing with the aftermath:

“In terms of the scale of the problem, over 40 dams failed or were damaged in Helene,"

North Carolina only track dams 25' in height or impoundments bigger than 50 acre feet, so the true number of impacted dams is unknown – Learn more:

$20M for dam safety goes to DEQ for structures impacted by Helene Aging dams can be a hazard in extreme rain. North Carolina is trying to fix them — or remove them.

American Rivers is disappointed by the Administration’s rollback of protections from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah, reducing their size by almost 90%.

🏜️ Read our full statement:

American Rivers Opposes Rollback of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments American Rivers is disappointed by the Administration’s rollback of protections from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah, reducing their size by almost 90%. These national monuments safeguard fragile desert river ecosystems that flow through public lands, p...