Take Action: Protect Our Rivers and Communities!

North Fork Flathead River, Montana | Jeremiah Watt

Protect Our Rivers and Communities!

ACT NOW – Tell Congress: Fund Rivers, Safeguard Communities.

Healthy rivers are essential to clean water, thriving communities, and a strong economy.

Unfortunately, we have entered a government shutdown, and harmful cuts are already reducing the ability of agencies like EPA, NOAA, NPS, and USFWS to protect our waterways. Thousands of staff have already been lost -- weakening efforts to repair dams, restore floodplains, reconnect aquatic habitats, and ensure safe, reliable water supplies for people and wildlife alike.

What’s at risk?
Without adequate funding, communities will face crumbling water infrastructure, weakened flood protection, and greater risks from wildfires and disasters. Businesses and families that rely on clean, healthy rivers will pay the price. A shutdown will only make these challenges worse.

What can be done?
Congress must act now to keep the government open and move forward a bipartisan FY26 appropriations bill that rejects harmful cuts and invests in rivers, ecosystems, and people.

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Dear {contact_data~salutation},

As your constituent and a strong supporter of healthy rivers and resilient communities, I urge you to prevent a government shutdown and ensure continued funding for vital federal agencies, including the EPA, NOAA, NPS, and USFWS.

Recent workforce reductions and firings have already diminished the capacity of these agencies to carry out critical work – upgrading water infrastructure, repairing and retrofitting dams, facilitating fish passage, restoring floodplains, and reconnecting aquatic habitats. These cuts not only limit the ability of agency staff to safeguard our water resources but also harm the businesses and communities that depend on healthy, functioning waterways.

A government shutdown would only deepen these challenges. I urge you to work across the aisle in good faith to pass a short-term funding bill and move forward a bipartisan FY26 appropriations bill that rejects harmful cuts and invests in rivers, ecosystems, and people.

Our rivers and communities are counting on your leadership.

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