From our friends at Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust In the next few days, gypsy moths eggs laid last July will hatch, bringing a wave of defoliation and ecological damage – here’s what you can do to help stop them. Of all the thousands of invasive species globally, the gypsy moth is in the top […]
Trash Free River Program
Save The River volunteers have been cleaning up shoreline and boat slips for several years on both sides of the upper St. Lawrence River in an ongoing effort to make the St. Lawrence River “swimmable, fishable, and drinkable now and for generations to come”
19th Annual Run for the River™
Registration is now live for our 19th Annual Run for the River™ 5K!
Register before July 1st if you want to add this year's t-shirt to your registration.
Wine & Cheese Cruise Raffle
Win this Wine and Cheese Cruise for 2 from Garnsey’s Classic Island Cruises. The lucky winners will get to experience the beautiful St. Lawrence River from Muskie, a 1953 Chris Craft.
Beach Watch Water Quality Monitoring Program
Since 1999, Save The River’s BeachWatch program has monitored swimming water quality at popular swimming areas along the River. Each summer, Save The River staff and volunteers collect water samples at 6 different locations.
Sustainability
“Replace Single-Use Plastics” program. Started in fall 2018, instrumental in the passage of ban of single-use plastic bags. STR is now advocating for passage of NYS legislation to ban polystyrene take out food containers and polystyrene packaging fill material.
In The Schools Program
Save The River believes that education is the key to understanding the local environment around us.
To create a better understanding of the St. Lawrence River and the role it plays in our communities, Save The River has teamed up with North Country school districts to develop a special program that connects students directly to the River and instill life-long interest in the stewardship of the St. Lawrence River and its natural environment.