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Tom's of Maine River Stories Video Contest -- share your inspiring story of people working to take care of rivers and enter to win a hybrid car. Purchase your own American Rivers Tank Top. Designate a drinking glass that can be reused throughout the day to cut down on dish loads. More Tips Make a donation today to American Rivers!	Today Marks a New Beginning for the Penobscot River This morning, American Rivers, as part of an innovative private-public partnership, announced plans to restore Maine’s legendary Penobscot River. This effort on the Penobscot stands out because of the ground-breaking collaboration, and the balance we will strike for the river’s health, energy production, and new economic opportunities. (photo: Bill Curstinger) More New Report Helps Dam Removal and Historic Preservation Advocates Collaborate Too often advocates for river restoration through dam removal find themselves in the middle of a project and at odds with potential partners over matters of historic preservation. The goal of Dam Removal and Historic Preservation: Reconciling Dual Objectives is to help dam removal proponents and advocates for historic preservation work together more effectively to achieve their mutual goals, while building constructive relationships and successfully reconciling potentially competing objectives.  More Ripple Effect: This Month's News and Victories "Dam Cam" Allows Viewers to Watch  River Restoration in Progress  American Rivers and its partners celebrated the restoration of the Souhegan River in New Hampshire with the removal of the Merrimack Dam. And now you can too. A “Dam Cam” allows viewers to watch the Souhegan River return to a free-flowing state. More  Helping Communities in Western States Catch the Rain In the western United States, water laws prevent residents from capturing rain water to use for other purposes. American Rivers' Seattle office is working to find a solution that allows rainwater collection yet still satisfies state water laws. More South Carolina’s Weak Protection Demonstrates Need for Sewage Right-to-Know It wasn’t until people started to get sick from exposure to sewage that swimmers and boaters on the Saluda River were alerted about a six-day long spill. Luckily for river users around the country, a bill to require sewage treatment plant operators to notify the public of spills recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives. More Our Pick: FLOW: For Love of Water This award-winning documentary investigates the global water crisis -- what experts call the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century. Filmmaker, Irena Salina, addresses the water privatization, dwindling freshwater supplies, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Yet FLOW goes beyond identifying the problem and looks at people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis. The film’s debut tour is this fall, click here for the schedule. River Quote of the Month We post a River Quote on our blog every weekday morning. If you’d like to see your favorite river quote featured, email it to lmartin@AmericanRivers.org. View past quotes here.

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