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Atmospheric rivers keeping Western U.S. wet
A Pineapple Express deluges California with wind and rain while abundant snowfall accumulates throughout the upper Colorado River Basin....
What is an aquatic macroinvertebrate, anyway?
Photo by Katie Burandt As you probably know, “aquatic” means water and “macro” means big—at least big enough for you to see without a...
Recovering with rivers
Photo courtesy of Casting for Recovery In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, please meet one of our river partners, Casting for...
Pair of beavers return to headwaters
Photo courtesy of Eli Smith Mimicking beaver activity, volunteers have been working for weeks in Colorado’s high country. A grant...
Switching crops, saving rivers
Photo courtesy of Chip Norton Chip Norton is happiest when he is out on the river. While his passion for kayaking has taken him throughout...
Giant reed a massive menace along the Verde River
"Before" - Friends of the Verde River One of Arizona’s few remaining perennial rivers, the Verde, is home to an amazing diversity of...
Forever Our Rivers grants $200,000 to key tributaries of the Colorado
Rivers are easy to exploit and it’s not just plastic and fertilizers that are damaging rivers across the Southwest. Invasive species are...
Congratulations Erica Nelson!
Erica Nelson in one of her happy places, on the river. We’d like to congratulate Erica Nelson on her recent feature in The New York...
A Fly Fishing Rod and Reel For Rivers
If you’re going to invest in fly fishing, shouldn’t you invest in rivers? We’ve collaborated with SaraBella Fishing and Abel Reels to...
Great Blue Heron Rookeries are Surprisingly Sensitive
Great blue heron with feathers blown by the wind by Andrew Peacock. Great blue herons are nesting now, settling down in colonies to...
Gifts That Give Back
Shop Forever Our Rivers Fly Rods Shop Red Shop White Shop SOL Paddle Boards Shop Recreation Maps Airflo Lines Ross Reels Abel Reels River...
We Opened A Bookshop!
Rivers are such dynamic systems. You could spend a lifetime learning about them and still be surprised. So we're building a bookshop,...
Give Back to Rivers, Get Great Gear
We’re celebrating the end of Summer with great deals from two of our business partners, SOL Paddle Boards and Map the...
Win a Fly Rod & Reel (And We’re Still Hiring)
Counting Flies for Flows, Helping A Western Community Address the Drought Monsoon season brought some relief to areas of the parched...
Show Notes – Rivers Through Canyons, Recreating Responsibly in Western Colorado
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management In this episode, we sit down with Collin Ewing,...
Trip Leader Transitions
4Rivers in the Field, The Dolores River Fieldwork season is here and our 2021 4Rivers Grantees aren’t wasting any time putting their...
Putting $150K to Work for Western Rivers
We just approved $150,000 in grant funds to maintain restoration gains on the Dolores, Escalante, Gila, and Verde Rivers this year! These...
Carlson Vineyards and DeYoung Studios Team Up for Rivers
Garrett and Cailin Portra own Carlson Vineyards, a winery perched on the banks of the mighty Colorado River in Palisade, CO. They use...
$1 Million. Launching a Legacy Fund for Healthy Rivers
Forever Our Rivers is building a legacy fund for the Escalante, Gila, Verde and Dolores Rivers, four important tributaries to the...
Save Rivers with SOL
Paddlers and other river recreationalists are often the first to experience the threats rivers face like trash and plastic pileups, poor...