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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River Voices Volume 5 Number 4 1995: Dam Fights of the 1990s: Removals
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Dam Fights of the 1990s: Removals by Rita Haberamn 3 Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 7 Hydroelectric Relicensing by Rich Bowers and Margaret Bowman 11 Restoring Florida’s Ocklawaha River by Rita Haberman and Gary Appelson 12 Environmental… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 4 Number 2, 1993: The Public Trust Doctrine
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 – The Public Trust Doctrine: A Primer for Friends of America’s Rivers. By David Slade 6 – Using the Public Trust Doctrine Effectively. By Dan Tarlock 8 – Decision-making Under the Public Doctrine: A Model for Administrators and a F… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 3 Number 3, 1992: The Clean Water Act
Program: Water Law & Policy
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River Voices Volume 2 Number 2, 1991: Sorting Through Conservation Tools
Program: Water Law & Policy
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River Voices April 2016 Issue: Restoring Flows to Our Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents Clean Water Act Tools for Sustainable Waters by Lisa Perras Gordon, U.S. EPA, Region 4 No More Money Down the Drain: New State Policies Help Stop Leaks in Drinking Water Systems by Larry Levine, NRDC Net Blue: Making New Development S… View Resource ›
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Webinar: EPA’s Just-Released Stormwater Rule – What it Means for Your Watershed
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarWebinar recording of January 21, 2016 webinar. Webinar Description: EPA has just proposed a new rule under the Clean Water Act for stormwater from small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) that would change the permitting requirements in resp… View Resource ›
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 101
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarSummary: This is a 101-level training, suitable for river and watershed organizations, land trusts, tribal governments, and wildlife or lands groups interested in better understanding the power of one of the Clean Water Act’s core programs. Point sourc… View Resource ›
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Biocriteria in the Real World: Intermediate Level
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarThis will be an intermediate webinar, suitable for river lovers who have a basic grasp of the Clean Water Act’s water quality standards program. If you need to brush up on standards, please see our February 15 Water Quality Standards webinar or take th… View Resource ›
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Permitting an End to Pollution
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Manuals, Publications, ReportsHow to scrutinize and strengthen water pollution permits in your state by Robert Moore, Merritt Frey, and Gayle Killam Agencies, elected officials and even some citizens say the Clean Water Act has taken care of point source discharges. It is true that… View Resource ›
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The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Manuals, Publications, Reports2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and arguably no environmental law has had as sweeping of an influence on our daily lives and health than the Act. Yet the success of the Act depends largely on citizen understanding, engagement a… View Resource ›
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An Artificial Distinction: Addressing Water Quantity Concerns Under the Clean Water Act
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsAlthough fish and others who rely on our rivers don’t see the separation, our legal system has long treated water quality and quantity as unrelated concerns. Water quality is regulated by the federal Clean Water Act, while state laws govern water quant… View Resource ›
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An Artificial Distinction: tools for addressing low flow problems under the Clean Water Act
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarDate Recorded: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Summary: This intermediate-level webinar will explore ways to better use Clean Water Act tools to protect and restore in-stream flows in our rivers. Our discussion will include tying water quality standards to fl… View Resource ›
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An Introduction to Tribal Roles under the Clean Water Act
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarSummary: This beginner’s session provides an introduction to the Clean Water Act and the role tribes play in implementing the Act. We then focus in on “treatment in a similar manner as a state” and tribal adoption of water quality standards. Participan… View Resource ›
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Stormwater Discharge Permits
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarSummary: This will be an intermediate training with some assumption that you understand the fundamental elements of the NPDES Permits. This training is suitable for river and watershed organizations, land trusts, tribal governments, smart growth organi… View Resource ›
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401 Water Quality Certification – Case Studies
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Webinar401 Water Quality Certification in the Real World: Case Studies When: March 16, 2011 Presenter: Merritt Frey Level: Intermediate Region(s): all Learning about the policy and legal theories surrounding 401 water quality certification is all well and goo… View Resource ›