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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Webinar: Creating Partnerships to Promote Citizen Science and Advocacy
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders, Water Science
Resource Type: WebinarMany organizations in urban waters settings are working on similar initiatives to restore and protect water resources. An abundance of water quality data is oftentimes collected and reported on independent websites, with data and information used to ad… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Parks with Purpose: Community-Driven Green Infrastructure
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarGreen infrastructure projects have the potential to benefit both the environment and the community. Through their Parks with Purpose program, The Conservation Fund and partner organizations are designing and implementing green infrastructure in underse… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Water Trails 101: Get on the right course and learn the secrets to success!
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarFor communities across the country, water trails are a flexible and responsive tool for promoting a healthy economy and a high quality of life while preserving our natural and cultural heritage along our waterways. In this recorded webinar, presenters… View Resource ›
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Protecting and Restoring Flows in Our Southeastern Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsThe Southeast River Flows Peer Learning Network (Flows Network) is collaborative effort to protect river flows in the southeast. The Flows Network provides a platform where community-based river and conservation groups learn from each other and other e… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Protecting Southeastern Freshwater Biodiversity
Program: Water Law & Policy, Water Science
Resource Type: WebinarA New Study to Develop Regional Conservation Priorities and Identify Needed Management and Policy Actions The Southeastern United States is a global hotspot of freshwater biodiversity, supporting almost two-thirds of the country’s fish species, over 90… View Resource ›
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Celebrating Wild and Scenic Rivers 50th: Engaging Your Diverse Community
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Webinar2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Groups around the country will be celebrating this milestone and looking to the future of our Wild and Scenic Rivers. This webinar, held June 4, 2018, explored how organizations can e… View Resource ›
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Wild and Scenic Rivers: Plug-and-Play River Celebration Opportunities
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Webinar2018 marks the 50 year anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Groups around the country will be celebrating this milestone and looking to the future of our Wild and Scenic Rivers. Join us on this webinar to learn about how your organization c… View Resource ›
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Drinking Water 101 webinar series: Understanding the Basics of Drinking Water Sources, Treatment, and Quality
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: WebinarThese recorded webinars provide an introduction and overview of drinking water processes, policies, and protection. Maria Lopez-Carbo, Deputy Division Director for Standards & Risk Management in EPA’s Office of Ground Water & Drinking Water lea… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 18 Number 2, 2008: Integrated Watershed Protection: Making Tough Decisions Together
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 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… View Resource ›
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EPA’s Green Infrastructure Modeling Toolkit for Stormwater Management
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarGreen infrastructure (e.g., rain gardens, green roofs, porous pavement, cisterns) is becoming an increasingly attractive way to recharge aquifers and reduce the amount of stormwater runoff that flows, untreated, into wastewater treatment plants or wate… View Resource ›
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Celebrating Wild & Scenic Rivers 50th: Spark Community Engagement!
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarSpeakers include Deb Ryun, Executive Director, St. Croix River Association; Anastasia Shartin, Visual Arts Director, the Phipps Center for the Arts; and Rika Ayotte, Executive Director, Discover Your Forest. ABOUT THE WEBINAR 2018 marks the 50 year ann… View Resource ›
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Webinar: How Much is A River Worth? Understanding the Economic Impact of the Huron River and Water Trail
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarIn 2016, the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) commissioned a unique study to measure the economic impact of the river on local communities, focusing on Huron River Water Trail activities and the value of natural systems that maintain a healthy, cle… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Water Quality Portal Data Discovery Tool
Program: Drinking Water, Water Science
Resource Type:The Data Discovery Tool is a free open-source, downloadable tool that can interact with the Water Quality Portal to retrieve and explore water quality monitoring data. The tool automatically downloads data from the Portal, does some preliminary QA/QC,… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Crowdsourcing Water Quality Data through Mobile Apps
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: WebinarMonitoring of our waterways is critical to identify issues of concern, to evaluate restoration projects’ success, and to gauge changes over time. New technologies are continually shaping the way we collect data, providing water quality monitors with ne… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Anti-Littering- Social Marketing for Behavior Change
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarLitter and trash from consumer goods make up the majority of marine debris that pollute our waterways and oceans. Feel like your organization needs to do more than annual clean ups to reduce trash and litter, but not sure how to make an impact? Not sur… View Resource ›
