Category: Safe Water

// By Brad Walker, Rivers Director        September 4, 2014 For those not familiar with the Water Resources Development Act, it is the legislation that authorizes the Corps of Engineers’ work on the major rivers of our nation. WRDAs have been enacted since 1974 and were the evolution of what was called the River and Harbor…

// By Brad Walker, Rivers Director        July 11, 2014 Illustrations and other contributions by Joe Mohr Full Article (pdf) 1. Introduction – What we have wrought on our Midwestern rivers Row crop agriculture has always been intricately tied to the promotion of barge navigation on our large Midwestern rivers, primarily for exporting corn, wheat and…

*EPA finalized the Clean Water Protection Rule* Thank you for commenting on the Clean Water Act Rulemaking! This rule is urgently needed to guarantee clean water and healthier streams and wetlands. In an important development, a new federal rule has been proposed that will assure clean water protections for some of our most important streams and wetlands. Recently, there…

Environmental Groups Sue Army Corps of Engineers Last Thursday, May 22nd, MCE, and 5 other environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers to protect the Upper Mississippi River System. The suit challenges the Corps’ reliance on an outdated Environmental Impact Statement for its operation and maintenance (O & M) activities on…

New levee threatens wildlife habitat and public safety Washington, D.C.- American Rivers named the Middle Mississippi River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2014 today, shining a national spotlight on the threat a new levee at the New Madrid Floodway poses to wildlife habitat and downstream flood safety. “The America’s Most Endangered Rivers report is…