VP Gore's Clean Water Initiative

2/19/98 WH Press Releases - read how the Clinton Administration intends to control nonpoint source pollution, with or without congressional approval!

V.P. Gore announces his Clean Water Initiative

Gore's October 18, 1997 Clean Water Act "Sermon"

1998 State of the Union Address -- Check out Clinton's reference to the Clean Water Initiative towards the end of his speech.

Regional Clean Water Initiative meeting transcripts - important insights concerning this initiative. For example, Gore wants a net GAIN of 100,000 acres of wetlands per year by the year 2005. Testimony by farmers and greenies.

Indiana Farm Bureau's comments on the Clean Water Initiative

A Vast Expansion of Fed Regs Power -- 1-28-98 article by John Fulton Lewis, courtesy of Alliance for America.

Clinton Administration's Conservation Buffers Initiative

Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Handbook

TNC's "Rivers of Life: Critical Watersheds for Protecting Freshwater Biodiversity"

12/8/97 BioScience article: Natural Variability Key to River Restoration

Check out the greenies Watershed 2000 plan

River Network's 1997-98 Watershed Events Calendar

UN's assessment of world freshwater resources

The Dublin Statement

Agenda 21 Chapter 18 - Freshwater Resources -- What's behind Gore's Clean Water Initiative and American Heritage Rivers? Check out article 18.11a.

(Note: I want to thank Sherry Raffelson of Montana for her diligent research on this topic. Sherry's e-mail address is sraffelson@mcn.net.)