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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 12 Number 4, 2002: Visual Surveys and Assessments: An Overview
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Visual Surveys & Assessments: An Overview by Geoff Dates 3 From the President 8 Stop, Look and Listen: Aquatic Habitat Assessment Monitoring for Erosion Monitoring with Streamwalks Monitoring for Invasive Species Following the F… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 12 Number 3, 2002: Youth as a Force for Clean Water
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Youth as a Force for Clean Water by Julie Schultz 3 From the President 8 Support Your Organization’s Young People by Karen Young & Jesse Graham 10 Can Schools Fill the River Information Gap? by Geoff Dates 11 Elder to Youth Tr… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 12 Number 2, 2002: Public Opinion Polling
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Public Opinion Polling by Celinda Lake & Eugene LeCouteur 3 From the President 11 Voices from the Field by Kathy Luscher 16 Low-cost Alternatives to Polling by Thalia Zepatos & Kathy Luscher 18 What are the Polls Telling Us … View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 12 Number 1, 2001: The Power of Maps
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Power of Maps by Melinda Laituri 3 From the President 6 CASE STUDY: Mapping Your Membership by Elliot Olsen 7 GIS for River Groups by Amy Haak 11 CASE STUDY: Mendenhall Watershed Partnership by Cheryl Van Dyke 12 Mapmaker, M… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 11 Number 4, 2001: Land Acquisition
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Land Acquisition: An Increasingly Important Tool for River Protection by Phil Wallin 3 From the President 8 How Land Trusts Work by Matthew Logan 10 Census Shows Decade of Growth for Local and Regional Land Trusts by Land Trust Alli… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 11 Number 3, 2000: The Art of Financial Management
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 The Art of Financial Management by Sharon Behar 3 From the President 6 Budgeting by Lindy Walsh & Victoria Jeans-Gail 8 Reporting for Program, Fundraising and Administrative Expenses by Victoria Jeans-Gail & TACS 9 Handling Your Funds by Ka… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 11 Number 2, 2000: Building State-Local Watershed Partnerships
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Building State-Local Watershed Partnerships by Kenneth D. Genskow & Douglas S. Kenney 3 From the President 10 How to Get State Support for your River Group by Todd Ambs 13 At a Glance: A brief look at what several states are doing to support Col… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 11 Number 1, 2000: Volunteers
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Volunteers 3 From the President 4 If You Build It…Creating Structures to Support Volunteers by Sharon Behar 7 Why Waiver? by Michael Fife 8 One Volunteer’s Perspective by Gina Snell 10 Interviewing and Placing Volunteers by Sha… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 10 Number 3+4, 1999-2000: Understanding How Rivers Work
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Understanding How Rivers Work by Don Elder 3 From the President 6 Watershed Health 101 13 Getting Started by Geoff Dates by Geoff Dates 19 The Wide World of Volunteer Monitoring by Eleanor Ely 22 Missouri Stream Team by Tim Rielly 24 GREEN: Helping Y… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 10 Number 1, 1999: Coalitions
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Coalitions by Thalia Zepatos 3 From the President Coalition as a Way of Life 5 How to Build a Coalition by Thalia Zepatos 7 New Partnership Builds Power for River Protection by Dwayne “Sparky” Anderson 9 The Kennebec Coalition: Ten… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 9 Number 2+3, 1998: Three River Words: Inhabit; Roots; Atonement
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Three River Words: Inhabit; Roots; Atonement by David James Duncan 3 From the President 7 Overview: Including the Arts in Your River Work by Kathy Luscher 9 On Stage: Theater as a Political Tool by David Simpson 10 Celebrate: The… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 9 Number 1, 1998: Riparian Buffers
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Rationale, Strategies and Resources for Restoring and Protecting Streamside Corridors by Sarah Faulkner Leff 3 From the President 7 What is a Buffer? by River Network Staff 8 Ecology of Natural Riparia by George Constantz 11 Guidelines for Gatherin… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 8 Number 4, 1998: Getting the Most out of Your Event
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Getting the Most out of Your Event by Dave Bassage 1 10 types of events by Kathy Luscher and Pat Munoz 2 From the President 3 Floating Your Message by Rita Haberman 10 Rio Grande Celebrates Day of the River by Bess Metcalf 10 Sid… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 8 Number 3, 1997: Establishing Watershed Benchmarks
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, Tools and TemplatesTable of Contents 1 Establishing Watershed Benchmarks by Don Elder 3 From the President Planning for Success by Ken Margolis 9 Assessing Your Organization: How strong is it? by Liz Raisbeck 11 Evolution of Broad-based Watershed Initiatives: Measures of… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 8 Number 2, 1997: Flood Policy and Management: A Post-Galloway Progress Report
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Flood Policy and Management: A Post-Galloway Progress Report by Scott Faber 3 From the President 8 Responding to the 1997 California Floods by Charlie Casey with Rita Haberman 14 Countering the “Quick-Fix” and Developing Long-Term S… View Resource ›
