Resources

American Canoe Association
Mission to promote paddlesports and protect waterways through education, stewardship, and advocacy.

American River Conservancy
Local organization committed to the protection of the South Fork of the American River through education, stewardship, and conservation.

American Rivers
North America’s leading national river-saving organization. Their mission is to preserve and restore America’s river systems and to foster a river stewardship ethic.

American Whitewater
Mission to conserve and restore America’s whitewater resources and enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely.

European Rivers Network
The aim of ERN, is to unite associations and organizations working on rivers and to increase communication between these organizations in order to better preserve the natural rivers in Europe.

Foothill Conservancy
The primary environmental organization working for conservation and restoration of the upper Mokelumne River. They helped open the Middle Bar reach to public access and secured the construction of the boating takeout, played a major role in negotiating the PG&E hydro settlement/new license on the river, are the main advocates for North Fork Mokelumne Wild and Scenic designation, and sponsor the annual Mokelumne River cleanup.

Friends of the River
Friends of the River looks to get beyond the notion of flood “control” and toward a more realistic understanding of rivers and floods.

International Rivers
This is a global resource for all people who share their concern for protecting and restoring the world’s rivers and ensuring respect for the rights of riverine communities.

Pacific Rivers
Mission is to develop scientific tools, public policies, and community development strategies to restore the ecological integrity and sustainable use of America’s river systems.

River Management Society
RMS is a non-profit professional society, dedicated to the protection and management of North America’s river resources.

River Network’s
Founded in 1988 with the conviction that the solutions to river degradation, like the problems, are primarily local. They must be created by citizen activists, valley by valley and stream by stream.

Sierra Club
A non-profit member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions–legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral.