Creating Connection Between Community and Water Utility Leaders – What We’re Learning
So many important decisions about water happen at the local level: Where to invest in green infrastructure or water efficiency? How to reduce sewer overflows to local creeks? What are the best [...]
Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Partners Funding Awards 2022
As we hit the warmest days of the summer, finding a clean, cool river to splash around in provides a welcome break for many. Wild and Scenic Rivers are often a good bet – the National Wild and [...]
How 90 High Schoolers Removed Over 1 Ton of Community Litter
Earlier this year, in collaboration with River Network and with support from Ball Corporation, Findlay, Ohio’s Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) and the local United Way [...]
Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Partnership Funding Awards 2021
For the third consecutive year, River Network is working with the USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) to provide local organizations with funding for their work to steward our many, diverse Wild [...]
Trash to Action: How Litter Clean Up can Lead to Change
This is a guest blog post by Aaron Dickinson, a Masters of Public Policy student at Duke University who joined River Network this past summer as an intern. How can trash collection and clean up [...]
EPA Needs to Hear from Us: Fix Clean Water Act Rollbacks!
After the Dirty Water Rule went into effect in 2020 more than half of the nation’s wetlands and streams lost Clean Water Act protections. Every day the Dirty Water Rule stays in effect streams [...]
New Community Leadership Programs for Climate Resilience Launched with River Network Support
Last November, River Network published part one of a two-part toolkit series on Equitable Climate Resilience. This first tool, titled Fostering Community Leadership, introduced community [...]
Fostering Community Leadership: Putting the Research to Work with Three Network Members
In November 2020, River Network published a new network resource: Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience: Fostering Community Leadership. The toolkit outlines equitable and intentional ways to [...]