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 3 Number 2, 1992: The Resource Abuse Movement
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River Voices Volume 3 Number 1, 1992: Protecting River Corridors
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River Voices Volume 2 Number 4, 1991: How to Launch a Campaign
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River Voices Volume 2 Number 3, 1991: Volunteer Water Monitoring
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River Voices Volume 2 Number 2, 1991: Sorting Through Conservation Tools
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River Network Bulletin Volume 2 Number 1, 1991: The River Guardian Movement
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River Network Bulletin Volume 1 Number 1, 1990: Relicensing of Hydropower Drams
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River Voices Volume 18 Number 2, 2008: Integrated Watershed Protection: Making Tough Decisions Together
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesCONTENTS 1 Integrated Watershed Protection: Making Tough Decisions Together by Gayle Killam & Wendy Wilson 3 From the President 5 Engaging Government and Business in Planning Change by Waverly de Bruijn 8 Collaboration Triggers Confluence of Waters… View Resource ›
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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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River Voices January 2016 Issue: Disaster Preparedness and the Road to Resiliency
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents Disaster Preparedness and the Road to Resiliency by Barb Horn, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Nicole Silk, River Network Crisis as an Opportunity for Transformation by David Lillard, West Virginia Rivers Coalition Using a Watershed P… View Resource ›
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Creative Partnerships in Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: A What Works Snapshot
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders, Water Science
Resource Type: Reports, Tools and TemplatesIn this short report, we present an overview of the extent to which volunteer monitoring efforts are incorporating partnering into their strategies, and how those partnerships work. We present two types of information here: 1.) results of a short, nati… View Resource ›
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Board Evaluation Template
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Board Member Self-Evaluation Template
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Board Profile Grid Template
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