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 July 2017: 2017 River Heroes
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: Publications, River Rally Content, River VoicesTable of Contents River Hero Margaret Frisbie River Hero Denny Caneff River Hero David Sligh River Hero David Deen River Hero Angie Rosser In this Issue This issue of River Voices features our 2017 River Heroes – Angie Rosser, Denny Caneff, David Deen,… View Resource ›
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River Voices April 2017: Water Equity And Civic Engagement
Program: Drinking Water, Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents Building Power for Water Justice in California’s San Joaquin Valley by Jenny Rempel and Susana De Anda Detroiters’ Fight for Affordable Water Access Has Lessons for America’s Future by Monica Lewis-Patrick Green Leaders Step Into Elec… View Resource ›
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River Voices January 2017: Integrated Water Management
Program: Water Law & Policy, Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents Integrated Water Management—How We Got Here and Where We’re Headed by Lynn Broaddus San Francisco’s Non-Potable Water Program: From Pilot to Policy by Paula Kehoe Smart Water Management Supports People and Nature Thriving Together by… View Resource ›
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River Voices Oct 2016 Issue: Science for River Advocates
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable Of Contents Landscape and Social Principles Related to River Restoration by Robert Naiman, Courtland Smith, and Bruce Rieman Dancing with Scientists to Protect Rivers by Mary Freeman New Approaches and New Platforms Catalyzing Environmental Resto… View Resource ›
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Project Rain Barrel Workshop Planning Guide
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Manuals, Tools and TemplatesIs your organization interested in receiving free materials, promotion, and support to host public rain barrel making workshops? You’re in the right place! Please download and read the entire planning guide before submitting a Project Rain Barrel appli… View Resource ›
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Promoting Green Streets – A Recipe for Integrating Water and Transportation Infrastructure Investment
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Manuals, Reports, Tools and TemplatesTo address complementary municipal goals of improved water quality and restored natural hydrology, this project focused on the development of a simple and logical methodology to promote street-based stormwater management. This methodology is guided by… View Resource ›
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River Voices July 2016 Issue: Climate Change
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable Of Contents Building Climate Resilience at the Water’s Edge by Rebecca Wodder, Center for Humans and Nature and River Network Freshwater Protection: Factoring Climate Change Volatility into Your Work by Lois DeBacker, The Kresge Foundation Climat… View Resource ›
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2016 Trends Report: Our Water, Our Future – State of River and Watershed Protection
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsThe 2016 Trends Report Our Water, Our Future – State of River and Watershed Protection outlines current conditions of waterways in the U.S. including opportunities and threats to water quality and quantity, and provides an analysis of the diversity of… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 24 Number 1, 2014: Workplace Effectiveness and Efficiencies
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Workplace Effectiveness and Efficiencies by Katherine Luscher 3 Letter from the President by Nicole Silk 5 A Happy Worker is a Productive Worker by Marilyn Tam 7 A Comprehensive Guide to Project Management Software by Sarah Clare 18… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 23 Number 4, 2013: Basic Knowledge for Financial Success
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Basic Knowledge for Financial Success by Bill Davis 3 Letter from the Chair by Suzi Wilkins Berl 5 Accounting 101 by Hilary Coley 9 Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements by Dugan & Lopatka 11 Cash vs. Accrual by Hilary Co… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 23 Number 3, 2013: Performance Management Systems: Are We Making a Difference?
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Are We Making a Difference? by Diana Toledo 3 Letter from the Chair 8 Intentional Outcomes for Watershed Outreach and Technical Assistance by Ken Genskow & Linda Prokopy 12 Restoration Beyond Belief by Beth Wentzel 15 Simple Eff… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 23 Number 2, 2013: The Community Renewal Connection
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 The Community Renewal Connection by Rick Magder 3 Letter from the Chair 6 Depaving with Good Intentions by Kasandra Griffin 12 Ex-Offenders Grow and Learn by Francis Lawn 14 Emergence of a College-based Watershed Group in West Mich… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 23 Number 1, 2013: 25 Lessons from 25 Years
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 25 Lessons from 25 Years by Todd Ambs 3 Water Quality Shall be Maintained and Protected by Rachel Conn 4 Building Blue by Pallavi Mande 5 The 50-Year Fight for the Yadkin River by Dean Najouks 6 The Saw Mill River Daylighting Story … View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 22 Number 4, 2012: Hitting Your Social Media Stride: Strategies and Best Practices for Nonprofits
Program:
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Strategies and Best Practices for Nonprofits by Bart Mihailovich 3 Letter from the President 8 Social Media Site Comparison by PowerUp Social 10 Influencing Public Policy in the Digital Age by Alliance for Justice 16 Creating a Soci… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 22 Number 3, 2012: Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources
Program:
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources by Heather Cooley 3 Letter from the President 8 The National Front in the Fight Against Fracking by Nadia Steinzor 12 The True Cost of Fracking by Steve Dickens 16 The Fracking Frenzy’s Impa… View Resource ›
