Meet the 2022 Climate Resilience Grantees
As climate change continues to exacerbate existing burdens on communities and present new and unique challenges, River Network is expanding our work to assist local organizations in launching [...]
By Erin Kanzig
Posted What’s Inside the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for Water?
Understanding what’s inside a 1,000+ page bill can feel daunting- so we’ve done our best to pull out the details below in a longer-than-usual blog post (!) as well as some thoughts on what’s [...]
Action Day for Clean Water and Rivers – Join Us!
Have you started texting and tweeting your members of Congress, and are missing the chance to actually talk to someone? Are you new to advocacy and want some support to make an effective ask to [...]
By cschmidt
In Education and Learning, River and Water Organizations, River Restoration and Protection, River Science, Uncategorized, Water policy
Posted A Letter from Bartram’s Garden to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
In the days of the Clean Water Act, the Lower Schuylkill River was a hub of industry and development. Many point sources of pollution have since been shut down or heavily regulated, but the image [...]
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 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. [...]
Idea Exchanges Join the River Rally Program
River Rally 2019 featured the first Idea Exchanges: unique opportunities for attendees to connect during River Rally and beyond, to build their knowledge and network related to specific issues [...]
Bridging the Gap in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: River Network’s Journey
A Moment In Time In the final stages of the recruitment process for my position with River Network, I had a poignant interaction with the hiring committee during our final meeting. After [...]
