The Willamette River Initiative was chosen for its effective, collaborative approach that has resulted in marked improvements to the health of the river over the past decade. The project tackled a range of challenges including toxic chemical threat, high water temperatures, a confined channel, dam-altered flows, loss of floodplain forests, population growth and climate change.
Previous prize winners
Thiess International River Prize
Mara River
With a clear vision and in anticipation of potential conflict arising over scarc...
Thiess International River Prize
River Rhine
The International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) received the...
Thiess International River Prize
Lake Eyre Basin
The Lake Eyre Basin Partnership drove the protection of the Lake Eyre Basin, hav...