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Welcome to the River Network Resource Library!
Search through hundreds of publications, recorded webinars, newsletters, tools, and templates to support your water work. Explore specific topics using the icons below, or if you’re not sure what you need, use the search bar. Type in keywords like “strategic planning,” “State Revolving Fund,” or “data collection.” The resources included here are intended to help you advance your work and spark innovation and new ideas.
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Featured Resources
- Building Blocks of Trust – how community organizations and utilities can work together.
- Self-Paced Training – based on the Building Blocks of Trust
- Colorado SMP – everything you’d ever need to know about stream management planning in Colorado.
- Equitable Infrastructure Toolkit – learn to advocate for equitable water infrastructure in your community.
- Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience – how to perform community-led research and support local leaders to advance climate resilience.
- Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal – one-stop shop for building a litter removal program.
- The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual – the quintessential, transformational tool on how YOU can use the CWA to protect your waters.
- State Revolving Fund Advocacy Toolkit – a comprehensive guide for advocates looking to get up to speed on the SRF process.
- Effective Organizations – a five-part learning series on everything from board governance, to volunteer management, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and more.
Looking for information on specific state-level water policies? Explore the State Policy Hub!
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Webinar: How Much is A River Worth? Understanding the Economic Impact of the Huron River and Water Trail
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: WebinarIn 2016, the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) commissioned a unique study to measure the economic impact of the river on local communities, focusing on Huron River Water Trail activities and the value of natural systems that maintain a healthy, cle… View Resource ›
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Federal Budget Toolkit: 3 Step Guide
Program: Drinking Water, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesOur voices are critically important and decision makers need to hear how important federal programs and agencies are to our communities and watersheds. This 3-Step Guide outlines how we can let our senators, representatives and the Administration know… View Resource ›
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River Voices January 2017: Integrated Water Management
Program: Water Law & Policy, Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents Integrated Water Management—How We Got Here and Where We’re Headed by Lynn Broaddus San Francisco’s Non-Potable Water Program: From Pilot to Policy by Paula Kehoe Smart Water Management Supports People and Nature Thriving Together by… View Resource ›
Supporting Stream Management Plans in Colorado
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and Templates____________________________________________________________ 2020 News Applications for River Network assistance to develop a CWCB grant application for Stream Management Plans in 2020 are now up. More information can be found in the “Resource Files”… View Resource ›
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Integrated Water Management
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type:Integrated Water Management – what is it and what does it mean? Driven by increasing costs, pollution, conflicts over water and the need to achieve multiple benefits, some communities, at scales ranging from the neighborhood and city to the watershed… View Resource ›
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Green Streets Resources
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesBelow is a compilation of resources and examples of green streets projects. Click “Resource File” for the pdf version. River Network Resources River Network’s Promoting Green Streets – A Recipe for Integrating Water and Transportation Infrastructure In… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 21 Number 4, 2011: Creating a Rewarding Campaign
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Creating a Rewarding Campaign by Liz Paul 3 Letter from the President 8 Must-Have Elements to Magnetize Your Organization by Zach Frankel 11 From High Tech to High Touch by Chandra Brown & Eric Eckl 15 Nonprofits & Issue Adv… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 21 Number 1, 2011: Clean Water Act (and other) Strategies for Citizen Activists
Program: Drinking Water, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Clean Water Act Strategies for Citizen Activists by Robert W. Adler 3 Letter from the President 9 Getting Started 10 Improving State Biocriteria Programs Provides Broader Support for Water Quality Management by Chris O. Yoder 13 Pro… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 18 Number 3, 2008: The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by David Moryc & Katherine Luscher 3 From the President 9 State River Protection Programs by David Bolling 10 Common Misconceptions by American Rivers 12 A Checklist by Andy Kerr 18 The Eightmile… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 16 Number 3, 2006: Let’s Start At the Very Beginning
Program: Drinking Water, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Let’s Start at the Very Beginning by Lynn Thorp & Gayle Killam 3 From the President 5 EPA’s Water Source Program by Marjorie W. Copeland 8 Identifing the Funding to Make Things Happen by Merritt Frey 10 Source Water Protection:… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 15 Number 1, 2005: Impacts of Mining on Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Impacts of Mining on Rivers by Paul Koberstein 3 From the President 5 Coal Mining: Bringing the Mountains Down by Margaret Janes 8 CASE STUDY: Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines on Decker Creek by Evan Hanson 9 Hard Rock Mining: The… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 13 Number 4, 2003: Political Morphology of Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Political Morphology of Rivers by Tim Palmer 3 From the President 7 Lobbying 101 by Bob Smucker 8 Electing to Come Under the Provisions of the 1976 Lobby Law 13 10 Things You Can Do to Influence Politics by Suzi Wilkins-Berl… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 13 Number 3, 2003: Enforcing the Clean Water Act: A Tool For Smarter Growth
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Enforcing the Clean Water Act: A Tool for Smarter Growth by Gayle Killam 1 A Message from U.S. EPA on Smart Growth by Lynn Richards 3 From the President 8 The Clean Water Act & Sprawl by Albert Ettinger & Cynthia Skrukrud 10… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 11 Number 2, 2000: Building State-Local Watershed Partnerships
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Building State-Local Watershed Partnerships by Kenneth D. Genskow & Douglas S. Kenney 3 From the President 10 How to Get State Support for your River Group by Todd Ambs 13 At a Glance: A brief look at what several states are doing to support Col… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 8 Number 2, 1997: Flood Policy and Management: A Post-Galloway Progress Report
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Flood Policy and Management: A Post-Galloway Progress Report by Scott Faber 3 From the President 8 Responding to the 1997 California Floods by Charlie Casey with Rita Haberman 14 Countering the “Quick-Fix” and Developing Long-Term S… View Resource ›