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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 16 Number 1, 2006: Are You Protected?
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Are You Protected? by Leslie T. White 3 From the President 5 Volunteer Protection Act 7 Risk Management: An Asset for All by Laura Alex 12 The Basics of Liability Insurance by Charles Tremper & Pamela Rypkema 18 Water Event Cov… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 15 Number 3-4, 2005: Protecting Rivers From the Groundwater Up
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Protecting Our Rivers from the Groundwater Up by Thomas C. Winter, Judson W. Harvey, O. Lehn Franke & William M. Alley 3 From the President 10 Working with the USGS by W.F. Horak & G.V. Steele 16 Case Study: The Importance o… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 15 Number 2, 2005: Successful Internet Strategies
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Successful Internet Strategies by John Kenyon 3 From the President 8 Creating An Effective Website by Margaret McCoy 14 Voices From The Field 18 Online Surveys by Alanna Woodward 21 CASE STUDY: Using Online Maps by Phillip Gibson 23… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 15 Number 1, 2005: Impacts of Mining on Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Impacts of Mining on Rivers by Paul Koberstein 3 From the President 5 Coal Mining: Bringing the Mountains Down by Margaret Janes 8 CASE STUDY: Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines on Decker Creek by Evan Hanson 9 Hard Rock Mining: The… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 14 Number 4, 2004: Budgeting: A Plan for All Seasons
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Budgeting: A Plan For All Seasons by Susan Schwartz, Director of Finance, River Network 3 From the President 5 The Role of the Board by William Botzow, Treasurer, River Network Board of Directors 7 Budget Process Models by Cynthia C… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 14 Number 3, 2004: Effects of Stormwater Runoff From Development
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Effects of Stormwater Runoff from Development by Robert Pitt, P.E. Ph.D. 3 From the President 8 Facts and Figures Related to Runoff 9 Strategies & Approaches by Betsy Otto, Sally Bethea, Hye Yeong Kwon, and George S. Hawkins 1… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 14 Number 2, 2004: Keeping Your Group Fit for Life
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Keeping Your Group Fit for Life by Wendy Wilson 3 From the President 7 The Stages of Organizational Development by Baird Straughn 12 Nonprofit Organizational Capacity by Lois DeBacker 16 The 10 Warning Signs 18 All A’Board by Liz Ra… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 14 Number 1, 2004: Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters by Steve Dickens 3 From the President 7 Campaign Strategies by Lois Gibbs 10 Water Quality Criteria and Human Health by Steve Dickens 13 Risky Business by Mary O’Brien 16 Community-based Health… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 13 Number 4, 2003: Political Morphology of Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Political Morphology of Rivers by Tim Palmer 3 From the President 7 Lobbying 101 by Bob Smucker 8 Electing to Come Under the Provisions of the 1976 Lobby Law 13 10 Things You Can Do to Influence Politics by Suzi Wilkins-Berl… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 13 Number 3, 2003: Enforcing the Clean Water Act: A Tool For Smarter Growth
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Enforcing the Clean Water Act: A Tool for Smarter Growth by Gayle Killam 1 A Message from U.S. EPA on Smart Growth by Lynn Richards 3 From the President 8 The Clean Water Act & Sprawl by Albert Ettinger & Cynthia Skrukrud 10… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 13 Number 2, 2003: The State of Giving
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The State of Giving 3 From the President 5 Membership Programs That Work by Wendy Wilson 8 It’s Still About People by Jeffrey Potter 10 Maximizing the Benefits of Your Institutional Memoryby Richard Fo 12 How the Data Hits the Road… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 13 Number 1, 2003: Your Personnel Best
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Your Personnel Best 3 From the President 4 Job Descriptions by Don Elder 6 Recruiting & Interviewing by Katherine Luscher 10 Hiring & Orientation by Susan Schwartz 12 Salary & Benefits by Susan Schwartz 14 What You Nee… View Resource ›
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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 ›
