The America the Beautiful
Freshwater
Challenge
A PARTNERSHIP TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE AMERICA’S RIVERS, LAKES, STREAMS, AND WETLANDS
During Earth Week, the White House convened state, Tribal, and local leaders from across the country for a White House Water Summit where the Administration announced a new national goal and partnership to conserve and restore freshwater resources. The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge: A Partnership to Conserve and Restore America’s Rivers, Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands sets a bold, new national goal to protect, restore, and reconnect 8 million acres of wetlands and 100,000 miles of our nation’s rivers and streams by 2030.
To achieve these goals the America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge, a new initiative that calls on all states and other governments and entities, including Tribes, interstate organizations, cities, and local communities, to advance their own policies and strategies for conserving and restoring America’s freshwater systems.
This initiative now includes over 160 members who have signed on to support freshwater restoration in their communities. The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge members include:
- State of California
- State of Colorado
- State of Connecticut
- State of Hawaii
- State of Illinois
- State of Maryland
- State of Michigan
- State of Minnesota
- State of New Jersey
- State of New Mexico
- State of New York
- State of North Carolina
- State of Oregon
- State of Washington
- The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
- The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
- Gila River Indian Community
- Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
- Navajo Nation
- Nez Perce Tribe
- The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
- Yurok Tribe
- Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
- Benton Harbor, MI
- Bethlehem, NY
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Chatham County, GA
- Cleveland, OH
- Clinton, IA
- Detroit, MI
- Durham County, NC
- Durham, NC
- East Chicago, IN
- Erie, PA
- Gary, IN
- Green Bay, WI
- Gretna, LA
- La Crosse, WI
- Milwaukee, WI
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Muskegon, MI
- Portland, OR
- Racine, WI
- Raleigh, NC
- Rochester, NY
- Sheboygan, WI
- Tampa, FL
- Vicksburg, MS
- Waukegan, IL
- Alabama Rivers Alliance
- Alliance for Great Lakes
- American Canoe Association
- American Rivers
- American Sustainable Business Network
- American Whitewater
- Amigos Bravos
- Aslan Brewing Co.
- Association of State Floodplain Managers
- Bale Breaker Brewing Company
- Bayou City Waterkeeper
- Bottleworks
- CalTrout
- Center for American Progress
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chuckanut Brewery
- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- Columbia Riverkeeper
- Conservation Science Partners
- Douglas Lager
- Ducks Unlimited
- Earthjustice
- Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Ecosystem Investment Partners
- Engrained Brewing Company
- Environmental Advocates NY
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental Policy Innovation Center
- Fast Fashion Brewing
- Fibonacci Brewing Company
- FLOW (For Love of Water)
- Forward Brewing
- Georgetown Brewing Company
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
- Halcyon Brewing Co
- Hellbent Brewing Company
- Here Today Brewery & Kitchen
- Hildegard Ferments & Botanicals
- Hispanic Access Foundation
- Holdfast Collective
- Holy Mountain Brewing Company
- Hudson Riverkeeper
- Hydropower Reform Coalition
- Icicle Brewing Company
- Izaak Walton League of America
- League of Conservation Voters
- Lighthouse Roasters
- Logan Brewing Company
- Lowercase Brewing
- Lucky Envelope Brewing
- Metier Brewing Co
- Mighty Arrow Foundation
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
- Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative
- National Association of Wetland Managers
- National Audubon Society
- National Parks Conservation Association
- National Wildlife Federation
- Native American Rights Fund
- Native Americans in Philanthropy
- Natural Lands Trust
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- New Mexico Wild
- New York League of Conservation Voters
- No Boat Brewing Company
- Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association
- Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project
- Ohio Environmental Council
- Old Stove Brewing Co
- Outdoor Alliance
- Outdoor Industry Association
- Patagonia
- Peaks & Pints
- Pisces Foundation
- PolicyLink
- Portico Brewing
- Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
- Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group
- Rio Grande International Study Center
- River Barrel Distributing
- River Network
- Silver City Brewery
- Southern Environmental Law Center
- Stoup Brewing
- Stoup Distro
- Structures Brewing
- Surfrider Foundation
- Terramar Brewstillery
- The Conservation Alliance
- The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
- The Good Society Brewery
- The Laural Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- The Vineyards at Dodon
- The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans
- The Water Council
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Three Magnets Brewing & Self Care NA
- Trout Unlimited
- Under Solen Media
- Unleaded Kids
- Upper Snake River Tribes
- Washington Wild
- Water Foundation
- Watershed Pub & Kitchen
- WE ACT
- We the People of Detroit
- Westervelt Ecological Services
- World Wildlife Fund
- Yakima Chief Hops
- Young, Gifted & Green
Full text of the America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge is available here.
