Resource Library
Welcome to the River Network Resource Library!
Search through hundreds of publications, recorded webinars, newsletters, tools, and templates to support your water work. Explore specific topics using the icons below, or if you’re not sure what you need, use the search bar. Type in keywords like “strategic planning,” “State Revolving Fund,” or “data collection.” The resources included here are intended to help you advance your work and spark innovation and new ideas.
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Featured Resources
- Building Blocks of Trust – how community organizations and utilities can work together.
- Colorado SMP – everything you’d ever need to know about stream management planning in Colorado.
- Equitable Infrastructure Toolkit – learn to advocate for equitable water infrastructure in your community.
- Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience – how to perform community-led research and support local leaders to advance climate resilience.
- Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal – one-stop shop for building a litter removal program.
- The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual – the quintessential, transformational tool on how YOU can use the CWA to protect your waters.
- State Revolving Fund Advocacy Toolkit – a comprehensive guide for advocates looking to get up to speed on the SRF process.
- Effective Organizations – a five-part learning series on everything from board governance, to volunteer management, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and more.
Looking for information on specific state-level water policies? Explore the State Policy Hub!
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Key Principles of Collaborative Fundraising
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarJoin the Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN) and River Network for a 90-minute workshop on collaborative fundraising. Together, we’ll demystify multi-partner grant applications and learn ways to define roles, responsibilities, and expectations when co… View Resource ›
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Inclusive Communications Guide: Best Practices & Broad Guidelines
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesIn this guide you’ll find tips and best practices about a wide range of inclusive communications topics, from digital accessibility to ethical storytelling to inclusive language. Some of these tips are direct recommendations from leaders speaking on these topics; others are observations of what’s been working for organizations similar to groups in the network.
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Learning Series: Building Water Equity and Climate Resilient Communities for ALL
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarIn this 6-part series, hosted by the Urban Waters Learning Network, we will highlight a variety of strategies that community-based organizations can use to help their communities anticipate, prepare for and respond to climate risks such as flooding, coastal storms and drought, with a focus on protecting community members who are most vulnerable to climate threats.
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Drinking Water Guide Fact Sheets
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: PublicationsExplore the fact sheets based on River Network’s Drinking Water Guide. Available in both English and Spanish, the Guide answers the following fundamental questions: Where does drinking water come from? How can we protect our drinking water? What does a… View Resource ›
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Discover Your Nonprofit’s Path to Digital Transformation
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarThe technology landscape is constantly changing, bringing efficiency and resiliency to those that adapt. Join Felipe Reyes, Director of Customer Development at TechSoup, to learn about the TechSoup Digital Assessment Tool (DAT), a free web-based applic… View Resource ›
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The Nuts & Bolts of NGO Budgeting
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarOrganizations of all sizes are facing budget challenges this decade driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting funder priorities, stimulus money and more. For this two-part series, River Network hosted The Fellows Group to talk about budget approaches t… View Resource ›
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The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual, 3rd Edition (2022)
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Manuals, Publications, ReportsMuch has changed since the Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual’s original publication in 1999, and we are at a fundamentally different time than we were in 1972 when sewage, rendering wastes, and countless industrial chemicals were often dumped directly int… View Resource ›
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Addressing Racial Equity
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarIn this short video series, Jennifer Arnold (Reciprocity Consulting, LLC) and Darryl Haddock (West Atlanta Watershed Alliance) lay a helpful foundation for organizations exploring the nexus between water, equity and race. Over the course of four brief… View Resource ›
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Board of Directors Development Shorts
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarRiver Network brings you this ‘shorts’ series on Board of Directors Development to highlight the various needs of boards in different stages of growth. Whether you’re with a completely volunteer-run organization, a fully staffed organization, or somewhere in between, this series is for you! We have best practices and considerations to ease the burdens of managing your board.
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Water & Equity Mapping Tools
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy, Water Science
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesWe depend on accurate and pertinent information to address environmental pollution and issues of environmental justice to improve both public health and the health of our waterways. Data helps answer questions like: Does your community suffer from chro… View Resource ›
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Farm Bill Conservation Programs
Program: Healthy Resilient Rivers, Healthy Rivers in Agricultural Landscapes, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesA launchpad for learning about conservation programs authorized through the Farm Bill including resources published by federal government agencies; resources on federal programs developed by non-profits, agricultural organizations, and academic institutions; and resources on state-level agricultural conservation programs & how states can tap into federal funding.
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Multi-Stakeholder Collaboratives – Better Practices for Facilitation and Coordination
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarLeading and coordinating a multi-stakeholder collaboration takes special focus and skill. Join us for two highly interactive, 90-minute trainings led by Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) focused on facilitating productive virtual meetings, ma… View Resource ›
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Trash to Action: Using Trash Data to Take Informed Action for Your Waterways
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Science
Resource Type: WebinarTrash is one of the most visible and abundant forms of pollution that our waterways and communities face today. Trash is a water quality issue, yet it is rarely treated as such. Who wants to swim, paddle, fish, or live near a waterway lined with trash?… View Resource ›
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The Fundamentals of SRF Administration & Influencing Equitable Infrastructure in Your Community
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: WebinarWatch our 3-part training series focused on unpacking the fundamentals of State Revolving Fund (SRF) administration – how they work, how to influence the process and how to understand the intersection of water affordability and water infrastructure funding.
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Resources
Program: Drinking Water, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and Templates, WebinarWatch the recorded peer calls and explore the opportunities within IIJA related to removal, rehabilitation, and retrofit of dams and western water issues. The resource also includes links and tools related to implementation advocacy.
