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Yamaha Receives Chattahoochee Riverkeeper River Guardian Award

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Jason Broshear, Division Manager, Corporate Planning and Sustainability, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., accepted the River Guardian Award for Yamaha’s support of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s education programs through the supply of outboard engines for their Floating Classrooms and scholarships for underserved youth.

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  • Jason Broshear, Division Manager, Corporate Planning and Sustainability, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., accepted the River Guardian Award for Yamaha’s support of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s education programs through the supply of outboard engines for their Floating Classrooms and scholarships for underserved youth.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230926912197/en/
    Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. is the recipient of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's River Guardian Award.
  • Pictured left to right: Henry Jacobs, Deputy Director, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper; Jason Broshear, Division Manager, Corporate Planning and Sustainability, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.; Julia Balte, Sustainability Coordinator, Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit; and Jason Ulseth, Riverkeeper and Executive Director, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (Photo: Business Wire)
    Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) hosted its annual Patron Celebration on September 22 at The Stave Room in Atlanta in celebration of the people and communities who devoted their time and talents for the love of the Chattahoochee River - “The Heart of the Hooch.” The evening included CRK’s annual “State of the River” address.
  • “Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is thrilled to present Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. with this year's River Guardian award,” said Jason Ulseth, Riverkeeper and Executive Director for Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.

Potomac Riverkeeper Network Gains Support from Yamaha Rightwaters™

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

The Potomac Riverkeeper Network has a new 4.2-liter, 225-horsepower outboard for its Parker patrol boat thanks to support from Yamaha Rightwaters.

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  • The Potomac Riverkeeper Network has a new 4.2-liter, 225-horsepower outboard for its Parker patrol boat thanks to support from Yamaha Rightwaters.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200908005229/en/
    With support from Yamaha Rightwaters, the Potomac River Keeper Network can continue pollution surveillance and water sampling on the Potomac River.
  • Yamaha Rightwaters is proud to partner with the Potomac Riverkeeper and Potomac Riverkeeper Network in support of their ongoing efforts to restore and preserve the beautiful Potomac.
  • The Potomac Riverkeeper Network is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization with three regional Waterkeeper branches: Potomac Riverkeeper, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper, and Shenandoah Riverkeeper.

Conservation Groups Challenge Repeal of Clean Water Act Protections in Federal Court

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Conservation groups challenged in court the administration's effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams and other waters that feed drinking-water sources for 200 million Americans and 32 million people in the South, or seven out of ten Southerners.

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  • CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Conservation groups challenged in court the administration's effort to strip away crucial clean water protections from rivers, lakes, streams and other waters that feed drinking-water sources for 200 million Americans and 32 million people in the South, or seven out of ten Southerners.
  • The legal challenge, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, opens a major court battle over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' repeal of clean water protections under the Clean Water Act, one of the nation's bedrock environmental laws.
  • The repeal of these standards is one of several steps announced by the administration to gut long-standing clean water protections, including a proposal currently subject to public comment that would leave many waters vulnerable to pollution and fill by redefining what waters are protected.
  • The Southern Environmental Law Center filed the challenge on behalf of American Rivers, Charleston Waterkeeper, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Rappahannock, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, North Carolina Coastal Federation, North Carolina Wildlife Federation, and South Carolina Coastal Conservation League.

Canada funds community-based monitoring to protect health of the Ottawa River watershed

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

OTTAWA, May 29, 2019 /CNW/ -The Government of Canada is committed to safeguarding our country's freshwater resources for generations to come, including the Ottawa River watershed.

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  • OTTAWA, May 29, 2019 /CNW/ -The Government of Canada is committed to safeguarding our country's freshwater resources for generations to come, including the Ottawa River watershed.
  • Once again, the region has felt the devastating impacts of climate change, as the Ottawa River has experienced historic flooding.
  • This financial support adds to the $75,000 that Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) provided last year to Ottawa Riverkeeper to develop health indicators for the Ottawa River.
  • "This federal investment demonstrates our government support for the protection of the Ottawa River watershed.