Ongoing Projects

• Working to protect wild and scenic rivers in Minnesota and Wisconsin from multiple threats including bridge construction.
• Fighting to prevent any further changes in navigability laws in Minnesota, which would reduce public access to state rivers and streams.
• Relicensing and stewardship of the Red River

Recent Successes

• Whitewater boating on the Black River
• Restored flows for the Chippewa
• Conservation of the Cuyahoga River
• Volunteers secured a public access point for the popular play spot at Hidalgo Falls, Texas.
• Saved several streamgages from termination due to lack of funding in Oklahoma.
• Acquired a public access take-out on the Elkhorn River, KY.
• Helped secure releases and access on the Russell Fork, KY/VA.
• Protected access on Teeters Creek, OH
• Settlement Agreement on Wisconsin River (Rhinelander reach) that includes whitewater release schedule
• Party to Wilderness Shores Settlement Agreement establishing recreation flow schedules and improved access to multiple river reaches impacted by hydropower dams.
• Agreement to remove Dam on Sturgeon River, Michigan thereby restoring whitewater rapids.

Future Challenges

• Securing access to rivers around Kansas City, KS.