10 Most Endangered Rivers in America
Natural gas extraction, strip mining, and sewage pollution—these threats, and others, are crippling America's rivers.
May 14, 2012
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Is the river that flows through your backyard or hometown on this list?
A six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council, Jon Bowermaster has spent the past two decades circling the world’s ocean, studying both its health and the lives of the people who depend on it. He is the author of 11 books (his most recent, OCEANS, Threats to Our Seas and What You Can Do to Turn the Tide, was published by Participant Media) and producer of a dozen documentary films. His blog—Notes From Sea Level—reports daily on issues impacting the ocean and us. Follow Jon on Facebook. @jonbowermaster Email Jon














