Rivers are essential to all life on earth, but our rivers are at risk as never before from climate change, pollution, drought, flooding, and loss of natural habitat. American Rivers is championing a national effort to protect and restore all rivers, from remote mountain streams to urban waterways. We have 50 years of experience addressing river threats from coast-to-coast — helping partners protect vital habitat, working with communities to reduce river pollution, securing policies to ensure we all have clean water, driving solutions that reduce the risk of floods while reconnecting floodplains, working to remove unnecessary dams, and strengthening a river movement that adds power to this important work. This presentation will provide an overview of American Rivers’ conservation strategies being put into action to advance innovative nature-based solutions and promote transformational river management and policy that prioritizes healthy rivers.

The Network for Engineering With Nature_® (EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature—Life Depends on Rivers: Building a Movement to Protect and Restore America’s Rivers, presented by Jenny Hoffner, Vice President for Conservation Impact and Eileen Shader, CFM, Director, Floodplain Restoration; both from American Rivers. This 1-hour Zoom webinar will take place August 21, 2025 at 12:30pm ET.

For previously recorded seminars, please visit the N-EWN Seminars page.