The Craziest Idea

2011 was an historic year for rivers.

via: Canoe and Kayak

Where the Yellowstone Goes - Official Trailer

Presented by Trout Headwaters and from the producers of Ride the Divide - A feature film about a 30-day drift boat journey down the longest "undammed" river in the lower 48. Intimate portraits of locals in both booming cities and dusty, dwindling towns along the Yellowstone River, illustrate the history and controversies surrounding this enigmatic watershed leading to questions about its future. Connect with colorful characters, get lost in the hypnotic cast of a fly rod, and experience silhouetted moments of fireside stories on this heartfelt river adventure.

Volunteer at a River Cleanup Near You!

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Find an upcoming river clean up near you with this map from American Rivers.

Will Fracking Destroy Colorado’s Rivers?

Gary Wockner director of the Save the Poudre lays out the threat fracking poses to the health of Colorado's riivers.

Oil and gas drilling and fracking pose extraordinary threats to Colorado’s Denver metro and Front Range cities including to air quality, water quality in streams and groundwater, wildlife habitat, private property rights and landscape health. These impacts are generally similar wherever drilling and fracking occurs across the U.S.

But what makes drilling and fracking unique in Colorado—and especially across Colorado’s Front Range from Fort Collins to Pueblo—is its threat to Colorado’s rivers.

LINK (Via:Ecowatch)

At Colorado's premier auction for unallocated water this spring, companies that provide water for hydraulic fracturing at well sites were top bidders on supplies once claimed exclusively by farmers.

LINK (Via: The Denver Post)

USGS WaterAlert

A new service from the U.S. Geological Survey — the USGS WaterAlert — will send you a text or email on water levels from any of the survey’s 7,000 real-time stream gauges around the country. You can set the alerts for when conditions are above a value, below a value, and between or outside a range of values. The service is free and if you can also be alerted on water quality, temperature, and more.

LINK Via: Backcountry.com:The Goat)

Save the Colorado

The Windy Gap Project, a proposed water project that threatens to reduce the Colorado River’s flows to less than 20% of its historic levels, is just one of a myriad of problems facing the Colorado River.

This Thursday TU is hosting a rally in downtown Denver on the corner of 16th street and Wynkoop to show support for keeping the upper Colorado River alive despite threats to its flows and future.

LINK (Via: Angling Trade)

Windy Gap is not the only threat to the Colorado. Kim Jordan, President and CEO of New Belgium Brewing Company, and Casey Sheahan, CEO of Patagonia, speak out on behalf of a river that desperately needs help.

Learn more at Save the Colorado.