The Sierra  Club is very much concerned about the Administrations
efforts as described in this memo from American Rivers

Dear River Conservation Colleague:

We need to give you a heads-up about a  dangerous new threat to rivers.

The Bush Administration is expected to announce a rulemaking in late
December or early January that could exclude
intermittent and ephemeral streams, small tributaries, and wetlands
adjacent to those waters from coverage under the Clean Water Act.

Since its passage thirty years ago, the Clean Water Act has granted
protections to all waters of the United States.  But now the
Administration will propose new regulations that could strip Clean Water
Act protections from many streams and wetlands across the nation.

The river movement must flex its collective muscle to turn back this
aggressive attack on clean water.  Attached is a fact sheet with
additional information about the Administration’s expected proposal, and
a number of steps that you can take to help defeat it.

This fight will not be won without a broad and vocal constituency for
rivers.  We need your voice.  The attached fact
sheet has a number of steps you can take now, and we will be in touch
with additional steps you can take as we receive new information on this
threat.  Among the most important steps you can take is to help get the
word out to the entire river movement by passing this email on to your
members, activists, and colleagues who have an interest in protecting,
streams and wetlands.

Thank you.
Matt Sicchio

Director of Outreach
American Rivers

PS – This anticipated move to limit the waters covered by the Clean
Water Act is just the most recent attempt to erode the Act.  There have
been others, and there are likely to be more.

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