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American Rivers

Working to protect the main source of clean drinking water for most Americans. Click on the link to learn more about #PollutingPruitt bit.ly/2joxJTd
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How is this picture of plants on a rooftop a river photo? This is a shot of the Chicago City Hall rooftop. Like all green roofs, the City Hall rooftop garden improves air quality, conserves energy, reduces stormwater runoff and helps lessen the urban heat island effect. The cool thing is that it can retain 75% of a 1 inch rainfall before there is stormwater runoff into the sewers. That reduces the amount of pollutants running from the streets into local waterways. Check out: http://www.americanrivers.org/green-infrastructure ... #greeninfrastructure #greenroof #protect #cleanwater
Really cool photo by @jasonhartwick showing some of the beauty the Hoh River offers. ・・・ #repost The beauty and layers of a wild river. #pnw #pnwwonderland #exploremore #optoutside #getoutside #keepthewildwild #olympicnationalpark #hoh
The Kern River is the southernmost river in the San Joaquin Valley, CA. Kern Canyon, a deep canyon of the river northeast of Bakersfield, is popular for fishing and boating, particularly fly fishing and whitewater rafting, whitewater kayaking, and riverboarding. Photo by Keith Scott Find out more about our work in California: http://www.americanrivers.org/california ... #rivers #getoutside #betteroutside #outdoorphotography
Running through the Gulf Coastal plain in southeastern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama, the Pascagoula River is the largest undammed river (by volume) in the continental United States. We're working to keep it that way: http://www.americanrivers.org/Pascagoula Photo: Visit Mississippi ... #rivers #betteroutside #outdoorphotography #getoutside #mississippi #optoutside
The Centennial Mountains WSA is a 28,000-acre mountain range, which forms the boundary between southwest Montana and Idaho, is some of southwest Montana’s wildest country. Designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern in 2006, it is considered an important corridor for wildlife movement, providing an east-west trending mountain range connecting the Yellowstone Ecosystem with the rest of the northern Rocky Mountains. This is just one of the areas that could be at risk if Congress succeeds in this public lands giveaway. Learn more: https://www.americanrivers.org/publiclands ... #rivers #betteroutside #getoutside #outdoorphotography #takeaction
The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument covers about 375,000 acres of BLM-administered public land in central Montana. The 149-mile Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River flows through the monument. Here you can float the river, fish, hike, hunt, find a little solitude, enjoy a sense of exploration or simply marvel at the variety of resources around you. These are YOUR public lands. Photo: Bob Wick, BLM ... #publiclands #missouri #rivers #wildandscenic #getoutside #betteroutside #optoutside #outdoorphotography
Folks, we need your help. Trump's pick for EPA, Scott Pruitt, has deep ties to the industries he's been tasked with overseeing, like the oil and gas industry and poultry. He has made his career off of suing the EPA and is now expected to manage that agency. His confirmation hearing is today. Take a moment, right now, to send a message to your Senator. Don't put our clean water and rivers at risk. Vote NO for Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of @epagov To learn more, click on the link in the profile or go to: http://www.americanrivers.org/pollutingpruitt Thank you! . . . #takeaction #protectyourrivers #cleanwater
Cool shot by @andylutz7 of a snowy Yellowstone River outside of Gardiner, MT. Throughout the Yellowstone River corridor, wildlife ranges from bald eagles to elk, whitetail deer, black and grizzly bears, native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and so much more. Recreational activities including fishing, hunting, rafting, wildlife watching and even agate-hunting are incredibly popular along the Yellowstone and are a vital part of the local economy. Learn more: http://www.americanrivers.org/yellowstone ... #rivers #betteroutside #outdoorphotography #getoutside
Big news for our wild rivers! Obama Administration adopts a 20-year ban on new mining for over 100,000 acres of public lands in the Wild and Scenic Illinois, Rogue, and Smith River watersheds and in portions of Pistol River and Hunter Creek in Southwest Oregon. This photo by Ken Morrish shows the headwaters of Hunter Creek, where Red Flat Nickel Corporation wants to develop a nickel laterite strip mine. . . . #takeaction #protectrivers #rivers #wildrivers #outdoorphotography
#Repost @rides_and_rivers ・・・ So, a few minutes ago, we premiered this film, The Wild President, featuring President Jimmy Carter, American Rivers founder Claude Terry, and Doug Woodward (father of @forestwoodward and star of The Important Places). American Rivers, supported by @nrsweb, produced this story about Carter's efforts to preserve the Wild & Scenic Chattooga River, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers act in 2018. Stay tuned! 📸: Doug Woodward
The 84 mile Green River trip from Sand Wash to Swasey’s Rapids in Utah offers outstanding scenery, interesting geologic formations, evidence of prehistoric and historic human activity, and amazing whitewater opportunities. This is just one of the areas that could be at risk if Congress succeeds in this public lands giveaway. Photo: BLM / Learn more: http://www.americanrivers.org/publiclands ... #rivers #betteroutside #outdoorphotography #getoutside #publiclands #takeaction
Running through the Gulf Coastal plain in southeastern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama, the Pascagoula River is the largest undammed river (by volume) in the continental United States. We're working to keep it that way: http://www.americanrivers.org/Pascagoula Photo: Visit Mississippi
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