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By Phil Dimotsis, Campaign Organizer - Follow Phil on Twitter (@PhiluptuousD) Today was historic. Today we showcased nearly 750,000 public comments (that's three quarters of a million, and counting) from people like you to EPA Water's Deputy Assistant Director, Ken Kopocis, staff from US Army Corp of Engineers, and to Maryland’s US Senator Ben Cardin. We showed them the broad public support for EPA's proposal to protect the nation's streams and wetlands. They were enthralled. Kopocis said at one point, "Clean water provides a boom to the economy...brewers, recreation & agriculture depend on clean water." And it’s TRUE, all the little things we take for granted every day absolutely depend on clean water and healthy watersheds. We're so proud of this. It represents nearly a decade of our work (blood, sweat, and tears included) creating the momentum necessary to get EPA to close loopholes in the Clean Water Act and restore vital protections for stream health, and ultimately our health. We were joined by our allies at American Rivers, NRDC, National Parks Conservation Association, Anacostia Watershed Society, National Wildlife Federation, and others. All this positive reception deserves some KUDOS - we can't do it without YOU. Here's to all of you who've supported our great work, and for those of you who have yet to -- please visit this page to get involved!