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You can help protect the River! We need hundreds of people who care for the River to speak out.

Writing or calling elected officials, attending public hearings, signing petitions - all of these actions do make a difference! Each letter or voice helps to ensure that elected officials and government agencies ensure the protection of the St. Lawrence River.

Read on below for how you can take action to protect the River.

Latest News

Action Alert! Speak Out on Water Levels!
We are headed into a critical period in the fight for a more natural water levels plan on the St. Lawrence River. We need your help to finally get a new, natural water levels regulation plan in place! read more

Action Alert! Tell the Coast Guard to Implement Strict Ballast Clean-Up Rules!
After years of inaction, the U.S. Coast Guard is poised to fix one of the most troublesome problems facing the St. Lawrence River: aquatic invasive species. New regulations to clean up ship ballast tanks could be groundbreaking and the strongest effort yet in the fight to stop aquatic invasive species introductions. But they're not strong enough. Read more on how you can take action.... read more

Alert for Chicago Area! Tell the U.S. Coast Guard To Protect the Great Lakes from Invasive Species on October 2nd in Chicago!
The United States Coast Guard recently proposed a new rule that would limit the number of invasive species that cargo vessels are allowed to discharge into the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. This could be a groundbreaking regulation that the lakes have been waiting on for over a decade. But the proposed rule isn’t strong enough to protect the River and Lakes as quickly as needed. Learn more about a public hearing on the proposed rule in Chicago... read more

Action Alert: Keep Seaway Expansion out of the Climate Change Bill!
Save The River has learned that an amendment has been added to the House version of the Climate Change bill that paves the way for Seaway expansion: an ill-conceived, economically unjustified, environmental disaster for the St. Lawrence River. Read on for more information on how you can take action... read more

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