Katherine Baer, Author at River Network

By Katherine Baer

In Climate resilience, Drinking Water, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Funding, Green Infrastructure, Urgent Issues, Water law, Water policy, Water Quality

Posted September 16, 2021

Funding Water Infrastructure in Your Community with American Rescue Plan Dollars

River Network Clean Water Fellow, Erin Kanzig contributed to this blog. As part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) back in March to [...]

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By Katherine Baer

In Education and Learning, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Green Infrastructure, Water policy

Posted June 8, 2021

Introducing River Network’s Equitable Infrastructure Toolkit

“Inequality impacts rivers, too, because that’s where it ends up ultimately.” –Catherine Coleman Flowers, River Rally 2021 How are decisions to use green infrastructure versus a detention pond to [...]

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By Katherine Baer

In Ample Water, Community Events, Education and Learning, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Funding, Public Outreach, River and Water Organizations, River Restoration and Protection

Posted February 15, 2021

Stewarding Wild and Scenic Rivers in 2020 – Persistence in the Time of COVID

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By Katherine Baer

In Ample Water, Climate resilience, Community Events, Education and Learning, Funding, News, River and Water Organizations, River Flows, River Restoration and Protection, River Science, Water Quality

Posted August 24, 2020

Using Community Led Science to Manage Wild and Scenic Rivers with the National Park Service

What do dragonfly collection, snorkeling to observe mussels and bioassessment workshops on Wild and Scenic Rivers have in common? This summer, these activities are part of three of the seven [...]

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By Katherine Baer

In Drinking Water, Funding, News, Public Outreach, River and Water Organizations, River Flows, River Restoration and Protection

Posted July 30, 2020

Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Partnership Funding Awards 2020

For the second year, River Network is working with the US Forest Service (USFS) to provide local organizations with funding for their work to steward our many, diverse Wild and Scenic Rivers. [...]

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By Katherine Baer

In Drinking Water, Education and Learning, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Green Infrastructure, Public Outreach, River and Water Organizations, Uncategorized, Water conservation, Water Pollution, Water Quality

Posted March 30, 2020

New River Network and WaterNow Alliance Program Aims to Grow Collaborative, Durable Relationships Between Local Community Groups and Water Systems

Like many of you, I have seen too many examples in the last few years where trust between a local community and their water system has eroded because, for example, key information was withheld. [...]

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By Katherine Baer

In Ample Water, Climate resilience, Drinking Water, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Funding, Public Outreach, River and Water Organizations, Urgent Issues, Water law, Water policy, Water Quality, Water Scarcity

Posted March 20, 2020

Equitable Water Infrastructure in the COVID-19 Crisis

With the COVID-19 pandemic front of mind, protecting public health is the priority. This includes our newest lingo, social distancing, as well as lots of really good handwashing. But – what if [...]