You are invited to join us for Rivers for Resilience—a fun stewardship, education, and community action event to protect and preserve the Animas River—on Saturday, October 8 at Santa Rita Park, located at 149 S. Camino del Rio in Durango.
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Rivers and streams in the West are facing a lot of challenges these days, especially in the face of an undeniably warming world. As climate change progresses, our waterways are increasingly stressed by worsening droughts, wildfire, and diminished flows. The…
Maintaining a healthy river, and a healthy river community, means more than simply keeping the water clean. Fishing, swimming, paddling, or simply walking along a river trail are important services that healthy rivers provide and they play an important role...
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Colorado is currently considering ways to strengthen rules for protecting water from future hardrock mining operations. It’s a direct link back to the Gold King Mine spill in 2015, though one perhaps obscured by the passage of time. The path…
Since we couldn't see everyone in person this year, we made a video to show you what our staff has been up to & update you on some of our top campaigns! Check it out!
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The EPA proposed a new mine waste repository near Silverton, as part of their work at the Bonita Peak Superfund Site. We submitted our own SJCA comments on the proposal, and with your help sent in an extra 205 comments...
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Gold King Mine Update Teach-In Friday, June, 21st 9 am – 1 pm Shiprock Chapter House The 4th Annual Conference on Animas and San Juan Watershed Conference: Successes and Challenges from Headwaters to Lake Powell (June 19-20, 2019 San Juan College, Farmington) will…
Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. It was a counterpoint to the West’s flurry of dam-building in the 1950s and 1960s that saw dams erected across many of the region’s rivers. The mighty rivers of…
35th Annual Animas River Days! June 2nd, 2018 Santa Rita Park The day begins with kayak slalom and continues with boater-cross, freestyle kayaking, raft slalom, surf competitions and more. The river parade viewing party at Santa Rita Park begins at…
Has Animas River spring runoff been normal? Is normal safe? Definitely. Not. Got it? Late spring in the West means surging creeks and rivers. As water flows rapidly increase, so does the water’s turbidity and discoloration. Still reeling from the…
Durangoans demand more Superfund involvement, Durango Herald, February 3, 2016
If emotions were assigned a color, along the banks of the Animas and San Juan rivers, the color of fear is muddled orange. In the turbulent wake of the Gold King Mine accident, it is hard to miss the signs…