Report lists America's 10 most endangered rivers (CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Azadeh Ansari
CNN

(CNN) -- Rivers are the arteries of our infrastructure. Flowing from highlands to the sea, they breathe life into ecosystems and communities.

But many rivers in the United States are in trouble.

Rivers in Alaska, California and the South are among the 10 most endangered, according to a report released Tuesday by American Rivers, a leading river conservation group.
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Here is American Rivers' Most Endangered Rivers list for 2009:

1) Sacramento-San Joaquin River System

Location: California

Outdated water and flood management puts California's largest watershed at the top of America's most endangered rivers list for 2009. A recent breach in the delta's 1,100-mile levee system could have dire effects on surrounding ecosystems, farming and agriculture, commercial fishing and California's civil infrastructure. State and federal authorities are looking at alternative water-management strategies for the river system, which serves 25 million Californians and more than 5 million acres of farmland.

2) Flint River

Location: Georgia

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more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/07/rivers.endangered.list/index.html

[hunter]

1. If you've ever crossed the Fresno River near Los Banos...

Well, it's not really a river any more. If it was an animal it would be extinct. What's left is like a skin in a museum case, being eaten by mites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_River

The Sacramento-San Joaquin River System is already a riparian horror show. One big flood and/or earthquake and it will be an economic horror show too, probably equivalent to a Cat 5 Hurricane ripping through Miami.

[XemaSab]

2. I know biologists who've gone out to look for the San Joaquin and couldn't find it

:o