Sunday, September 24, 2006

 

River Conservation Organizations - Western USA Region.

If you love rivers, then consider joining one or more of these organizations that are working to protect our rivers !!

Non Government Organizations - NGOs


Colorado River Water Users Association - protecting and safeguarding the interests of all who use the Colorado River.
Columbia Land Trust - working to conserve land and water in the Columbia River region.
Friends of the River - California’s statewide river conservation organization.
Idaho Rivers United - for all who love the freedom, adventure and solitude of Idaho's wild rivers, Idaho Rivers United vigorously defends the priceless heritage of our rivers and fish.
Living Rivers - Colorado Riverkeeper - seeking to revive the natural habitat and spirit of rivers by undoing the extensive damage done by dams, diversions and pollution on the Colorado Plateau.
Pacific Rivers Council - protecting and restoring rivers, their watersheds, and native aquatic species.
Save Our Wild Salmon - promoting salmon recovery in the Columbia and Snake River Basin.
WaterWatch of Oregon - protecting natural flows in Oregon Rivers.

Government Organizations


California Department of Fish & Game.
California Department of Water Resources.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Research / Education


Jeffrey F. Mount - Dept Geology - UC Davis.
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.

River Outfitters' Conservation Programs


River Conservation Events - W.E.T. River Trips.
River Conservation Programs - WET River Trips.
River Conservation - All-Outdoors.
River Conservation and California Water Politics - All-Outdoors.
Kern River Conservation and News - Sierra South.

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Comments:
Excellent compilation of resources: I'll be sure to bookmark it. Keep up the good work, hope to see you on the river, DS
 
I realize your list is not meant to be comprehensive, but another great organization is,

http://www.idahorivers.org/

PS. Why the comment moderation? Have you been having problems?
 
Thanks DS, I'll add Idaho Rivers to the list.

I use comment moderation because people have tried to spam my blog a couple of times. In addition, when I ask somebody to link to my blog I can guarantee that off-topic or inappropriate content will never be permitted on my blog.
 
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