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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 8 Number 1, 1997: Strategic Planning for Rivers
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Strategic Planning for our Rivers’ Sake by Katie Burdick 3 From the President 8 Friends of the Chicago River: A Journey Through Strategic Planning by Rita Haberman 10 Product or Process? The Education of a Watershed Association Faci… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 7 Number 4, 1997: The Watershed Approach
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Watershed Approach: 100 Years in Coming by Christopher N. Brown 3 From the President by Phil Wallin 8 Nanticoke Watershed Alliance by Lisa Jo Frech 11 Chagrin River Watershed Partners by Rita Haberman with Rich Cochran 14 The L… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 7 Number 3, 1996: Playing the Drinking Water Card
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 Playing the Drinking Water Card by Don Elder and Rita Haberman 3 From the President 6 A Tale of Two Rivers: the Cahaba and the Locust Fork by Don Elder 8 Potentially Powerful New Tools for River Conservation in the 1996 Safe Drinki… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 7 Number 2, 1996: Say it with Pictures
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Say it with Pictures by Dick Beamish 3 Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 12 Creating Materials that Work by Kathleen Krushas 16 Packaging your Issue for the Public by Ken Ward and Kathleen Krushas 18 Using Maps Effectively… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 7 Number 1, 1996: Developing Your Message
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 Developing Your Message by Kevin J. Coyle 3 Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 8 Reaching Beyond the Choir: Notes from a Washington State Message Development Project by MCSSR in collaboration with Washington state partners… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 6 Number 3, 1995: Watershed Approaches: What Have We Learned?
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 – Watershed Approaches: What Have We Learned? by Pete Lavigne, Watershed 2000 3 – Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 4 – Sidebar: The Swift River Principles by Kevin Coyle 6 – Basic Elements of Local Watershed Conservati… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 6 Number 2; 1995: Using the Information Superhighway to Save Rivers
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 – Using the Information Superhighway to Save Rivers by Chuck Hoffman 3 – Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 8 – Getting the Most Value for Your Money by Chuck Hoffrnan and Pete Monaghan 12 – The American Whitewater Affili… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 6 Number 1, 1995: Using Economics as a River Conservation Tool
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 – Using Economics as a River Conservation Tool by Stephen 0. Andersen, J. Glenn Eugster, and Rolf Diamant 3 – Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 5 – Economic and Symbolic River Values by Phillip Wallin 8 – Putting River E… View Resource ›
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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 5 Number 3, 1994: Media Matters
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Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Media Matters by Randy Showstack 3 Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 7 Voices from the Grassroots: Merrimack River Watershed Council 8 Plan a Comprehensive Media Campaign by David Bolling 10 Sidebar: Common Pitfalls… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 5 Number 2, 1994: Challenges in Watershed Activism
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Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Challenges in Watershed Activism by Pete Lavigne 2 Letter from the Director by Phillip Wallin 6 Streaming Wisdom: Watershed Consciousness in the 21st Century by Peter Warshall 7 Grassroots Voices: Saginaw Basin Alliance 8 Learning Watershed Lingo by… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 5 Number 1, 1994: Capturing the Magic of the Board
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Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Capturing the Magic of a Board of Directors by Kevin Coyle 3 Letter from the Director by Phillip Wallin 4 Bylaws and Boards by Pete Lavigne 6 Roles and Responsibilites of the Board by Katie Burdick 8 Does Your Board Fit Your Organization? by Guadalup… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 4 Number 4, 1994: A New Approach to Floodplain Management
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 – Beyond the Ark A New Approach to U.S. Floodplain Management. by Jon Kusler, Assoc. of State Wetland Managers and Larry Larson, Assoc. of State Floodplain Managers 4- The Great Flood of 1993: Summary, Analysis and New Directions…. View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 4 Number 3, 1993: National Partnership for River Guardians
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 – River Network Launches a National Partnership for River Guardians 1 – Grassroots River Protection in the U.S.: The Survey Results are In 6 – Fundraising Assistance Available for River Groups 7 – River Sources; Finlandia Clean Wat… 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 ›
