Lower Rio Grande listed among Top 10 most endangered

Lower Rio Grande listed among Top 10 most endangered

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- The lower section of the Rio Grande in South Texas has been named one of the most endangered rivers in the United States. Border Report Live: US, Mexico at odds over water payments The section -- which spans from Del Rio to Brownsville -- was named fifth out of 10 on America's Most Endangered Rivers list, released this week by the nonprofit American Rivers. The Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers in America incl…

West Virginia’s Gauley River among the nation’s most endangered, conservation organization says

A kayaker navigates the turbulent waters of the Gauley River in Summersville, W.Va., on Sept. 30, 2020. American Rivers has named the Gauley River No. 10 on its list of most endangered rivers. (Getty Images)West Virginia’s Gauley River has been named to a conservation organization’s list of the most endangered rivers in the country this year.  The river is 10th on the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers for 2025. The river is threatened by …

American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 16, 2025 CONTACTHawk Hammer, National Communications and Media Director, Hhammer@americanrivers.org   Andrew Young, staff attorney for the Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), ayoung@abralliance.org Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, Appalachian Voices, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The threat of toxic pollution from coal strip mining in the headwaters of one of the Gauley’s primary tributaries —…