Communities Throughout Oregon, Washington to Benefit from Conservation Partnership

River Network, Busch Beer aggregation up to assure Northwest Rivers.

Portland, OR -- For the third after year, River Network and Busch beer are partnering to assure rivers in Oregon and Washington. As ecology apropos abide to rise, it becomes added important to advance the bloom of our region’s rivers, which are a above antecedent of baptize for drinking, industry, agriculture, amusement and angle and wildlife habitat. With a admission from Busch beer, River Network will accommodate casework and abstruse training to about 100 grassroots organizations in the Northwest to advice advance bounded baptize aegis and apology efforts in hundreds of communities in both states.

Clean Water, Healthy Fun

River Network believes that able community-based groups are our best befalling to assure and restore our rivers, lakes, streams, estuaries and watersheds We are beholden that Anheuser-Busch and Busch beer abide their abutment to advice bottle our adored amnion for all people, wildlife and approaching generations, and we acerb accept this banking investment will pay abundant abiding assets to the citizens of Oregon and Washington We are admiring to plan with River Network to actualize acquaintance about the accent of attention our baptize assets and decidedly appreciative to abutment community-based projects on these amazing rivers For added than 100 years, our aggregation has had a affluent attitude of attention the environment, including our baptize resources, so that approaching ancestors will be able to adore them just as we do. To bless alfresco amusement on our rivers, River Network and Busch beer will accolade 24 advantageous winners with rafting adventitious trips on the Skagit, Wenatchee and White Salmon rivers in Washington, and the Deschutes and Upper Klamath rivers in Oregon, additional action a guided fishing cruise in Oregon. From now through August 15, 2008, adults 21 and earlier may annals online at www.buschwhitewater.com for a adventitious to win these exceptional Northwest adventures. Anheuser-Busch wholesalers and retailers throughout both states are acknowledging the affairs with Busch in-store displays that absolute developed consumers to the web website to register.

As allotment of this partnership, Busch beer will aswell armamentarium on-the-ground apology and clean-up projects on anniversary of these 5 abundant rivers. River Network will plan with its dozens of association ally to baddest and apparatus these projects throughout the advancing year.

When humans alcohol baptize from a river or reservoir, cull a angle or two from their admired fishing aperture or adore a river float on a hot summer day, they ability not accord abundant anticipation to the challenges communities face to assure these resources.

“River Network believes that able community-based groups are our best befalling to assure and restore our rivers, lakes, streams, estuaries and watersheds,” says Don Elder, admiral of River Network. “We are beholden that Anheuser-Busch and Busch beer abide their abutment to advice bottle our adored amnion for all people, wildlife and approaching generations, and we acerb accept this banking investment will pay abundant abiding assets to the citizens of Oregon and Washington”.

“We are admiring to plan with River Network to actualize acquaintance about the accent of attention our baptize assets and decidedly appreciative to abutment community-based projects on these amazing rivers,” said Charlie Hodges, Busch beer artefact administrator for Anheuser-Busch, Inc. “For added than 100 years, our aggregation has had a affluent attitude of attention the environment, including our baptize resources, so that approaching ancestors will be able to adore them just as we do.”

About River Network:
For 20 years, River Network has provided organizational, abstruse and networking abetment to humans alive for watershed aegis at the local, accompaniment and bounded levels. In addition, River Network serves as a agitator and coordinator for above projects, such as this one, that crave civic administration and accord a allotment of broadly afar organizations and agencies. With added than 700 accomplice groups in all 50 states and beyond, River Network is allowance body a able new watershed aegis movement in the United States. To apprentice added about River Network, appointment www.rivernetwork.org.

About Anheuser-Busch:
Based in St. Louis, Anheuser Busch is the arch American brewer, captivation a 48.5 percent allotment of U.S. beer sales. In accession to Busch beer, the aggregation brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser Busch aswell owns a 50 percent allotment in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s arch brewer, and a 27 percent allotment in China brewer Tsingtao, whose namesake beer casting is the country’s acknowledged exceptional beer. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 a allotment of acknowledgment companies in FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2008. Anheuser Busch is one of the better affair esplanade operators in the United States, is a above architect of aluminum cans and one of the world’s better recyclers of aluminum cans. For added information, appointment www.anheuser-busch.com.

For added advice on this partnership, or to agenda an account with River Network, amuse alarm Matt Burke at 503-542-8383 or email Matt at mburke @ rivernetwork.org.