Episode 42: Finding the Flint
We’re joined this week by author and urban planner Hannah Palmer on a journey to find the Flint river in Atlanta, Georgia. Like so many urba...
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To further the conversation about the value and complexity of rivers, American Rivers launched our podcast series, “We are Rivers: Conversations about the Rivers that Connect Us.” “We Are Ri...
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Episode 41: Gushing over the Monsoon
Tune in to learn more about the magical monsoon phenomenon that has so many of us awed. We talk to Dr.Connie Woodhouse, a professor in the s...
Episode 40: Ten Strategies for Climate Resilience in the CO Basin
In a previous episode of "We Are Rivers", climate scientist Brad Udall said "You can't depress people into action". In this episode, our gue...
Episode 39: Beavers, killer whales, and the tie that binds
In this, our latest episode of We Are Rivers, we talk beavers and killer whales, poop sniffing dogs, and the inextricable link between wildl...
Episode 38: When Rivers Flow, Things Are Good: On Water in Arizona
Jocelyn Gibbon is a river guide, and she’s also a water law and policy expert. When she isn’t guiding trips through the Grand Canyon, Jocely...
Episode 37: America's Most Endangered Rivers, 2021
In mid-April, American Rivers released the 2021 list of the country’s Most Endangered Rivers. The event was the culmination of a year’s wort...
Episode 36: Pastors of Good Doctrine
In our latest episode of the “We are Rivers” podcast, Pastores Juan and Rocio Almanza talk to us about the connection between faith and rive...
Episode 35: A Bold Blueprint for Rivers
In this, our latest episode of the We Are Rivers Podcast, we learn about American River’s top priorities for the Biden-Harris administration...
Episode 34: Water Justice - at the confluence of environmental and social justice
Water Justice: what is it? In this episode, we talk with two experts in the field of environmental justice, Alicia Smith, Associate Director...
Episode 33: We Are Rivers - 2021 Preview
In 2020, we learned about Stream Management Planning efforts in the Colorado Basin, conservation happening in Latino communities, the relati...
Episode 32: The River Is Who We Are - The Waccamaw Indian People and the Waccamaw River
Through displacement, genocide and enslavement, the Waccamaw Indian People sustain their river heritage. Join us today to learn more about t...
Episode 31: Transforming a Forgotten Creekside Park - The Little Walnut Creek Greenbelt
Across the country, cities and towns are rallying around forgotten areas of their communities - including rivers, creeks, open spaces and co...
Episode 30: Water - We need it, it needs us - Part 2
In the second of this two-part podcast, we are joined by our partners at the Hispanic Access Foundation for a conversation about the importa...
Episode 29: Water - We need it, it needs us - Part 1
Join us for a miniseries of We Are Rivers: Conversations about the Rivers that Connect Us. In this two-part conversation we are joined by ou...
Episode 28: We Can Make a Lot Happen When We Have a Plan - Part 2
Join us for a two-part miniseries of We Are Rivers. We’ll learn more about Colorado's Stream Management Plans, an innovative planning tool p...
Episode 27: We Can Make a Lot Happen When We Have a Plan - Part 1
Join us for a two-part miniseries of We Are Rivers. We’ll learn more about Colorado's Stream Management Plans, an innovative planning tool p...
Episode 26: South Carolina Communities Support the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
In Episode 26 of We Are Rivers, we take a deeper look at the National Wildlife Refuge System and why it is so important to health of America...
Episode 25: America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2020: Ensuring safer, stronger communities
America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2020 spotlights why our communities need clean water and healthy rivers now, more than ever. This year’...
Episode 24: Understanding Colorado's Instream Flow Program
Join us for Episode 24 where we dive into Colorado's Instream Flow Program, a critical tool to protect and enhance river flows across the st...
Episode 23 - From the Stanislaus to the Klamath: Speaking up for Free-flowing Rivers
In 1979, Mark Dubois chained himself to a boulder to protest filling of the reservoir behind the New Melones Dam that would drown California...