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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 21 Number 2, 2011: Sustaining Rivers in a Warming World
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Sustaining Rivers in a Warming World by Wendy Wilson 3 Letter from the President 8 Lessons from our Great Grandparents by Steve Malloch 10 Energy Water Collision by John Rogers & Erika Spanger-Siegfried 14 How Much Carbon Does Y… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 21 Number 1, 2011: Clean Water Act (and other) Strategies for Citizen Activists
Program: Drinking Water, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Clean Water Act Strategies for Citizen Activists by Robert W. Adler 3 Letter from the President 9 Getting Started 10 Improving State Biocriteria Programs Provides Broader Support for Water Quality Management by Chris O. Yoder 13 Pro… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 20 Number 1 & 2, 2010: Preventing Burnout
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Burnout by Barb Horn 3 Letter from the President 7 In the Vortex – or Getting Out of It by Mark Alston 8 Guess What? You’re Really Not Indispensable! by Chris Arvidson 12 Sensing Burnout by Deb Merchant 14 Basic Steps Toward Work-Li… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 19 Number 3 & 4, 2010: Who Cares Most About the Environment?
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Who Cares Most about the Environment? by Jacob Cohen 3 Letter from the President 5 Managing Diversity for Success by Iantha Gantt-Wright 9 An Interview with Robert Bullard by Errol Schweizer 12 The Road to a Cleaner Planet for Everybody by Frederick… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 19 Number 2, 2009: Invasive Species
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Invasive Species by Chris Dionigi, Ph.D 3 From the President 7 Clean Angling Pledge 11 Reframing Invasive Species Managment by Read D. Porter 16 Riverine Early Detectors by Laura MacFarland 20 Voices from the Field 24 Collaborating… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 19 Number 1, 2009: Restoring Rivers Within City Limits
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Restoring Rivers Within City Limits by Amy Souers Kober & Betsy Otto 3 From the President 9 Eleven Places to Look for Restoration Opportunities. Excerpt from Center for Watershed Protection 14 Challenges & Opportunities in U… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 18 Number 4, 2009: Open Source vs. Vendor Provided Software
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Open Source vs. Vendor-Provided Software by Jeff Walpole 3 From the President 9 How to Evaluate Open Source Software by David A. Wheeler 14 Exploring the Variety of Open Source Tools by Ryan Carter 20 Opening Doors to Open Source by… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 18 Number 3, 2008: The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by David Moryc & Katherine Luscher 3 From the President 9 State River Protection Programs by David Bolling 10 Common Misconceptions by American Rivers 12 A Checklist by Andy Kerr 18 The Eightmile… View Resource ›
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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 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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River Voices Volume 18 Number 1, 2008: Green Communities For Clean Water
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Green Communities for Clean Water by Gary Belan & Katherine Baer 3 From the President 8 Green Buildings 101 by Gwen Griffith 12 Good for Buildings and for Rivers by Margo Farnsworth 14 The Economics of Low Impact Development by… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 17 Number 3&4, 2007: No River Left Behind
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 No River Left Behind by Jan Hosier & Alyssa Hawkins 3 From the President 7 How to Develop a Watershed Education Program by Jeff Martinez 11 An Overview of Existing Programs 18 Voices from the Field 26 Connecting Kids to the Wate… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 17 Number 1&2, 2007: Data Tracking for River Organizations
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders, Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Data Tracking for River Organizations by Laura Quinn 3 From the President 9 It’s All in the Contract by Laura Alex 10 Don’t Get Fooled Again by Sean Larkin 18 Voices from the Field 20 Case Study: Colorado Water Quality Monitoring … View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 16 Number 4, 2006: Water, Energy, and Climate Change
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Water, Energy and Climate Change by Don Elder 3 From the President 6 Possible Water Resource Impacts 8 River-friendly Responses to a Changing World by Andrew Fahlund 12 Municipal Water Efficiency by Judith Barry 13 Stormwater as a… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 16 Number 3, 2006: Let’s Start At the Very Beginning
Program: Drinking Water, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Let’s Start at the Very Beginning by Lynn Thorp & Gayle Killam 3 From the President 5 EPA’s Water Source Program by Marjorie W. Copeland 8 Identifing the Funding to Make Things Happen by Merritt Frey 10 Source Water Protection:… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 16 Number 2, 2006: What is a Water Trail?
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Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 What is a Water Trail? by Dave Getchell 3 From the President 6 Guiding Principles by RTCA & NAWT 8 Traits of a Successful Water Trail by RTCA staff 10 What is a Water Trail Plan? by Jordan Sector 12 You’re Never Paddling Alone….. View Resource ›
