December 15, 2017

US Army Corps (USACE) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Failure

By Dan Tonsmeire – Apalachicola Riverkeeper Waterkeepers that have fought poorly developed EISs by the USACE have realized amazing similarities in the flaws that inevitably require […]
December 7, 2017

Protecting Our Environment in the Age of Trump – How Our Environmental Laws Have Failed Us And What We Can Do About It.

By Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper Leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network Author of The Green Amendment, Securing Our Rights to A Healthy Environment. […]
July 20, 2017

The Mississippi River. Brought to you by…

By Olivia Dorothy, American Rivers This summer, President Trump began unveiling his infrastructure plan. His proposal appears to rely heavily on privatizing transportation sectors, like turning […]
April 28, 2017

Protecting a National Treasure

By Melissa Samet, National Wildlife Federation Pictured Above: Apalachicola Bay Photo Credit: Matthew Godwin The Apalachicola River and its floodplain form an incredibly rich and diverse […]
March 31, 2017

New Approach, Same Goal: A Clean and Resilient River

Originally Posted on March 21, 2017, 2:17 pm, by Mark Muller, under Mississippi River. McKnight is proud of its 25-year history of commitment to the Mississippi River. […]
February 23, 2017

More than 50,000 Acres of Wetlands Protected from Destructive Project

Water Protection Network and Partners Stop the New Madrid Levee! By Kim Knowles, Praire Rivers Network Great news regarding the New Madrid levee project! In a […]
January 30, 2017

The Troubling Double-Standards on Our Rivers

By Brad Walker, Rivers Director, Missouri Coalition for the Environment After a century of recklessly damaging our rivers — far too often for little public benefit, […]
December 6, 2016

FREE Webinar: From Authorization to Decommission — The Lifespan of an Army Corps Project

Join us Monday, December 12th at 3PM EST for our last WPNetwork Webinar for 2016. Michael Hensley from The Nature Conservancy, Eileen Shader from American Rivers, […]
December 1, 2016

It’s Time for the Corps to Go Back to the Drawing Board on the ACF

Written by Mitch Reid, Alabama Rivers Alliance, and Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the nation’s primary river managers, […]