The importance of protecting rivers

Tyrene Hodge | Atlanta, GA

Most people think of rivers as just attractions for recreation, but it wasn’t until I volunteered with American Rivers that I realized how necessary they are to sustaining life and infrastructure. Rivers provide drinking water and food for communities. And homes to animal life. Knowing how necessary rivers are to everyday life helped me understand the importance of protecting them.

Support the protection of 5,000 new miles of wild and scenic rivers