FOR Names New Leader FOR has chosen Paul Tebbel as its new Executive Director. Some of you may remember Paul's name from his days as Environmental Affairs Director for Patagonia.
California Water: 3 Easy Steps California has enough water. Surprised? Find out why building more billion-dollar dams won't work. Learn smart, easy, and efficient ways to manage our water. A little common sense can go a long way toward solving our water "crisis." Read all about it here.
Visit the FOR Bookstore! Friends of the River now has a bookstore! We make it easy for you to browse our virtual shelves. We've picked a handful of the best books about rivers and water. And here's a sweet little bonus. Every time you buy a book through our site, Amazon will give a percentage back to Friends of the River to help us continue the fight for California's rivers. Start browsing!
Too Controversial!
Our ad about the Klamath River campaign was deemed too controversial! We wanted to run the ad on buses in the Portland area to educate PacifiCorp ratepayers about the dams that their utility operates. But we were denied. So FOR and the Karuk tribe have teamed up with the ACLU to file a First Amendment lawsuit. Controversial? Decide for yourself. Click here to see the ad and learn more.
Dam Facts, Dam Lies, and Statistics It’s a sad state of affairs when good public policy takes a back seat to sound bites that have no basis in reality. So we have gathered a selection of pithy-appearing but less-than-factual sound bites of dam proponents and compared them to the real facts of the matter. Like that factoid that California hasn't seen a new dam in the past 20 years. Not true. Read and decide for yourself.
Cry Me a River: FOR's Beginnings The legend of Friends of the River -- the story of how the group got started -- involves a river, a dam, a rock, and a chain. In 1973 the fight to save the Stanislaus produced Friends of the River. In 1979 it made national news. Today a recent NPR segment listens to the people involved as they remember what happened all those years ago. Click here to listen to Mark Dubois, Don Briggs, Walter Cronkite, and others. (Scroll down to the Cry Me a River segment. Also be sure to check out the "more photos' section.)
River Flows Through Auburn Dam Site After decades of being diverted through a pipe at the old Auburn dam site, the North Fork American River will once again do what it's supposed to do: flow. And it puts another nail in the Auburn Dam coffin. Thanks to FOR and our friends at PARC. Learn more here.
Friday May 9, 2008
TELL FEINSTEIN: NO NEW DAMS Developers are pressuring Senator Feinstein to support costly new dams. Urge her to say no! Read More | Send a Letter
SUPPORT RIVERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Help build support for Rep. Mary Bono's legislation to preserve the San Jacinto rivers. Read More | Send Letter
17,000 ACRES FOR RECREATION Tell Senators Boxer and Feinstein to continue pursuing the Sacramento River National Recreation Area. Read More | Send Letter
DISCOVER -- AND PRESERVE -- THE VENTANA CENTRAL COAST RIVERS Take a hike. Watch a movie. Write a letter. They all help build support for these beautiful rivers. Read More | Send Letter
California has enough water. Surprised? Find out why building more billion-dollar dams won't work. Learn smart, easy, and efficient ways to manage our water. A little common sense can go a long way toward solving our water "crisis." 
Friends of the River now has a bookstore! We make it easy for you to browse our virtual shelves. We've picked a handful of the best books about rivers and water. And here's a sweet little bonus. Every time you buy a book through our site, Amazon will give a percentage back to Friends of the River to help us continue the fight for California's rivers. 
Our ad about the Klamath River campaign was deemed too controversial! We wanted to run the ad on buses in the Portland area to educate PacifiCorp ratepayers about the dams that their utility operates. But we were denied. So FOR and the Karuk tribe have teamed up with the ACLU to file a First Amendment lawsuit. Controversial? Decide for yourself. 
It’s a sad state of affairs when good public policy takes a back seat to sound bites that have no basis in reality. So we have gathered a selection of pithy-appearing but less-than-factual sound bites of dam proponents and compared them to the real facts of the matter. Like that factoid that California hasn't seen a new dam in the past 20 years. Not true. 
After decades of being diverted through a pipe at the old Auburn dam site, the North Fork American River will once again do what it's supposed to do: flow. And it puts another nail in the Auburn Dam coffin. Thanks to FOR and our friends at PARC. 
