🚨 Our top four concerns for rivers, people, wildlife, and clean water regarding the Trump Administration's proposal to redefine the Clean Water Act's Waters of the United States: https://www.americanrivers.org/2025/11/our-four-biggest-concerns-with-the-trump-administrations-proposed-wotus-rule/

Which river is your zodiac twin? 🌊💫 (Pt. 1) Every river has its own personality. Tell us if we got yours right!

Happy New Year! 🎉 We're ready to make waves for rivers in 2026! Thanks to your support in 2025, we... 🏛️ protected 1,100 river miles 🐟 safeguarded 212,000 acres of riverside habitat 🌊 reconnected 2,500 river miles 🌟 Learn more: https://www.americanrivers.org/2025-impact-report/

Despite the escalating threats to rivers, this past year brought real progress worth celebrating. 🎉 Read our top 10 success for rivers in 2025: https://www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/10-big-wins-for-rivers-in-2025/?utm_campaign=Blog&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

⏰ Time is running out! Give to American Rivers by midnight tomorrow (12/31) and your gift will be matched—twice. Your year-end support fuels river restoration and protection for people and wildlife in 2026! 💧Give now: https://act.americanrivers.org/page/90165/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=XThreadsBluesky

It feels like every year, meteorologists are reporting more and more “100-year floods.” This term is often misunderstood and misrepresented from a scientific perspective – Learn more: https://www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/what-is-a-100-year-flood/

⏰ Time is running out! Give to American Rivers by midnight tomorrow (12/31) and your gift will be matched—twice. Your year-end support fuels river restoration and protection for people and wildlife in 2026! 💧Give now: https://act.americanrivers.org/page/90165/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=XThreadsBluesky

Most of what you know about the American Southwest is shaped by the rivers that power the region's economy and communities. The Colorado alone provides drinking water to over 37M people across seven states. 🏜️ Explore our work in the Southwest: https://www.americanrivers.org/region/southwest/

During this busy time of year, consider this your sign to pause your doom scrolling, breathe, and enjoy these stunning river images. 🌊 📸 1: Cahaba River, AL | Chad Hoffman 📸 2: Green River, UT | Galyna Andrushko 📸 3: Upper Missouri River, MT | Bob Wick, BLM 📸 4: Yellowstone NP, WY | Danita Delimont

Rivers define the Pacific Northwest. They provide clean water for drinking and support an abundance of wildlife including salmon and steelhead, the cornerstone of the region’s web of life. 🐋 Learn about our work in the PNW: https://www.americanrivers.org/region/pacific-northwest/

Clean Water Act’s “Waters of the U.S.” define which waters are protected. The EPA's attempt to redefine this rule would roll back federal safeguards for our waterways and the life that depends on them. ✍️ Take action: https://act.americanrivers.org/page/91637/action/1?ea.tracking.id=XThreadsBluesky

Out of office. You know where to find us… 🌊 Catch y'all on the river in 2026!

Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️ As fish retreat further underwater and friends once sunbathing on riverbanks now gather at their houses around a fire, the feeling a winter river brings is noticeably different. https://www.americanrivers.org/2022/11/how-do-our-favorite-rivers-change-in-the-winter/

Happy Holidays from your friends at American Rivers! ❤️ 🎊

Despite the escalating threats to rivers, 2025 brought real progress worth celebrating. To highlight the positive strides being made across the country, we’ve curated a list of our biggest river successes from this past year – Read below! www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/10-b...

The Trump Admin’s newly proposed rule would roll back protections for vast areas of wetlands and river tributaries. It’s estimated that close to 80% of America’s remaining wetlands would lose Clean Water Act protections. 🗣️ Speak up before 1/5: act.americanrivers.org/page/91637/a...

American Rivers California Central Valley Program Director, Sarah Puckett, spoke with KVPR of NPR about the floodplain restoration at Great Valley Grasslands State Park in CA’s Central Valley! 🎧 Listen in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XrQ...

When a major disaster strikes, local and state officials often turn to the federal government for assistance in preparing for extreme weather and rely on it afterwards to help with the clean-up and recovery efforts. But what exactly does FEMA do? 🔍 Read below: www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/what...

Across the country and political spectrum, communities are demonstrating their desire for, and commitment to, clean water and healthy rivers. One example of this is how voters showed up to support rivers on election day. 🎉 Learn about two of this year's wins: www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/wate...

Across the country, wetlands are vanishing every year. Now is the time to protect what’s left. As storms grow stronger, FEMA can help implement common-sense limits on risky development to avoid draining and destroying our valuable wetlands. 🌾 Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2025/11/wher...

Grateful to Rep. Davids, @repstansbury.bsky.social, and @repgregstanton.bsky.social for their leadership in defending Tribal rights, cultural preservation, and Indigenous voices. Respecting Tribal sovereignty is essential to just federal policy. 🙌 #NativeVoices davids.house.gov/media/press-...

The question before us is not whether a 100-year storm will occur, the question is how can we mitigate the impacts to people, property, and our communities? 🏡 Read more: www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/what...

#DYK? 🐻 One of our nation's wildest rivers, the Kootenai River provides critical habitat for several rare and threatened native fish species, as well as wildlife like grizzly bear and woodland caribou. www.americanrivers.org/river/kooten...

Rivers are the lifeblood of the health and economy in New England and New York. Wildlife depend on rivers for habitat and more than 30 million people in the Northeast get their drinking water from rivers and streams. 🐟 Across the Northeast, we're working to: www.americanrivers.org/region/north...

"In the fall of 2025, the first full year after the obliteration of the lower Klamath’s four dams, fish came back—and kept coming, thousands upon thousands, a tsunami of salmon, a run that staggered the mind and gladdened the heart." emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...

Good news! 🎉 Colorado Water Conservation Board approved one of the largest water dedications in state history. The deal will ensure the water flowing through the aging Shoshone Hydropower Plant keeps running through Glenwood Canyon when the plant goes offline. www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/hist...

“There are people in windowless rooms making decisions about a river they may have never floated on, bathed in, or prayed to. Despite this, you cannot forget the generations of wisdom passed through this place, through you” www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/song...

#DYK? 🤔 The 194-mile St. Louis River drains 2.4 million acres of Minnesota’s northern forests and wetlands and remains the primary reservation fishery for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. www.americanrivers.org/river/st-lou...

🚨 Here are our top four concerns for rivers, people, wildlife, and clean drinking water regarding the Trump Administration's proposal to redefine the Clean Water Act's Waters of the United States: www.americanrivers.org/2025/11/our-...

💧All water is connected, from remote mountain streams to urban waterways. Pollution anywhere risks the rivers we rely on for our drinking water. Pollution isn't patriotic. American Rivers leads actions our rivers need to provide clean water to our communities: www.americanrivers.org/cleanwater/?...

Virtually all Southeast communities are within a mile of a river or stream, and millions depend on rivers for drinking water. It's more important than ever to protect and restore these rivers and the magic they hold. 🌊 Learn about our work in the Southeast: www.americanrivers.org/region/south...

American Rivers and onWater have teamed up to bring America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025 straight to the onWater Fish app. Now, you can: 🗺️ Explore rivers at risk 📚 Learn about the threats they face ✊ Take action to protect them 📲 Start exploring: www.onwaterapp.com?ko_click_id=...

The Trump Admin’s newly proposed rule would roll back protections for vast areas of wetlands and river tributaries. It’s estimated that close to 80% of America’s remaining wetlands would lose Clean Water Act protections. 🗣️ Speak up before 1/5: act.americanrivers.org/page/91637/a...

The magnitude of a culturally-relevant river trip for Native youth is, in essence, a reclamation of a relationship to land and water. How do we ensure the continuous growth of this relationship? 🛶 Read Chyenne's answer: www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/song...

Good news! 🎉 Colorado Water Conservation Board approved one of the largest water dedications in state history. The deal will ensure the water flowing through the aging Shoshone Hydropower Plant keeps running through Glenwood Canyon when the plant goes offline. www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/hist...

Grateful to @elfreth.house.gov for championing the NOAA Data Preservation Act! 🙌 Keeping hydrological + flood forecasting data transparent and accessible is essential for protecting river communities and strengthening public safety. elfreth.house.gov/media/press-...

👏 Huge thanks to Rep. Begich behind the NOAA Data Preservation Act. Ensuring tools like National Water Map and Hydrologic Outlook remain available empowers communities to prepare for changing conditions. Proud to support this legislation for more resilient rivers! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Stockton, CA is in need of more green space and recreational opportunities as well as a solution to the looming threat of aging flood infrastructure along the San Joaquin River. Now, the city has the prime opportunity to solve both problems – Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2025/12/brin...

The Northern Rockies is home to the largest collection of pristine free-flowing rivers and native trout fisheries left in the lower 48 states. ⛰️ Explore our river restoration and protection work in the Northern Rockies: www.americanrivers.org/region/north...

An atmospheric river's inundating the Pacific Northwest. Our hearts are with those affected. Restoring floodplains along rivers that absorb and store water, along with strong federal and state investment, is essential to better protect communities in the future. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The Trump Admin’s new Reckless Water Rule would roll back protections for vast areas of wetlands and river tributaries. It’s estimated that close to 80% of America’s remaining wetlands would lose Clean Water Act protections. 🚰 Read our 4 main concerns: www.americanrivers.org/2025/11/our-...

The Army Corps and EPA's new Reckless Water Rule would slash federal safeguards for critical waters, including headwater streams and wetlands, that are an integral part of drinking water sources for 117 million Americans. 🔊 Speak up today! act.americanrivers.org/page/91637/a...

D.C. has long struggled with polluted waterways, but thanks to the city's ongoing prioritization of water infrastructure improvements, recreation along its rivers has skyrocketed! 🎣 Read more: https://51st.news/how-to-go-fishing-in-dc-potomac-anacostia-river/

It's your first day of school. Which table are you sitting at? 🤔 Choose wisely...Comment your pick below!

👏 Thank you @repemilyrandall.bsky.social for working to protect the #WildOlympics!

Thank you to our outstanding Steering Committee, who will help strategize our next steps and put us on the path to success. We greatly appreciate their support and are very excited to see what incredible work will come from our coalition across the 15-state Ohio River Basin

Wild & Scenic designation is the strongest tool to protect rivers in the nation. However, today, only about 12,000 miles of rivers are protected as Wild and Scenic. That’s less than 1 percent of rivers in the U.S. 🌊 Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/threats-solu...

Across the country, wetlands are vanishing every year. Now is the time to protect what’s left. As storms grow stronger, FEMA can help implement common-sense limits on risky development to avoid draining and destroying our valuable wetlands. 🌾 Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2025/11/wher...

There are few precious trips in life that are truly life-changing. This trip down Alaska's Alsek River is one of them, totally recalibrating your concept of wildness. 🌎 Follow along our journey down the wildest river on Earth: www.americanrivers.org/2024/08/a-jo...

#DYK? 🤔 The French Broad River has connected communities across the smokey mountains for a long time – with estimates placing the river at over 250 million years old, earning it the title of third oldest in the world. www.americanrivers.org/river/french...