Great Lakes Coalition – Support FY2023 funding priorities v.House
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”
Catch and Release Program
Since 1987 Save The River has promoted catch and release fishing for species threatened on the St. Lawrence River to improve the overall health of the St. Lawrence River and to ensure a healthy, sustainable fishery.
Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act
A family of dangerous emerging contaminants, PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, poses a serious risk to human health and the wellbeing of our nation’s waterways. PFAS are often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they break down very slowly over long periods of time and accumulate in people and our food chains, wildlife, aquatic life, plants, and the environment.
Save Blind Bay
Oppose CBP IN Blind Bay
Blind Bay is an environmental treasure and has open and protected wetlands. It has been one of the most prolific muskellunge spawning areas in the region and has been monitored since 1990. Blind Bay is also home to 53 fish species and multiple NYS Species of Concern and Species of Conservation Need.
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River Celebration Non-Gala 2022
Presented by the Cerow Agency, Audie and Laura Cerow Save The River’s Non-Gala Celebration is part of a longtime tradition with origins tied to the illumination ceremonies made popular on the St. Lawrence River during the Gilded Age. This celebration is an opportunity to honor those traditions and the spirit of the River that runs […]
Organizations ask President Biden for Clean Water Act Compliance on Ballast Water
Save The River Upper St. Lawrence RiverkeeperⓇ was one of 160 cosigners on this letter to President Biden asking him to direct the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement discharge standards for ship’s ballast water that comply with the Clean Water Act. Save The River has long advocated for stricter treatment of ballast water […]