
Save The River® Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper®
Save The River is a non-profit, member-based environmental organization whose mission is to preserve and protect the ecological integrity of the Upper St. Lawrence River through advocacy, education and research.
Save The River is teaming up with the Antique Boat Museum for a hands-on workshop to build birdhouses! Families will work together to build Common Tern shelters and other migratory birdhouses led by STR Education Coordinator Dan Bellinger. 📅 Saturday, July 12 🔴 $40 Family Registration Fee ⏰ 10:00AM - 12:00PM 📍Antique Boat Museum in […]
Come learn about Rain Barrels with Save The River! Rain Barrels are a new way to conserve water while making sure your garden and lawn stay hydrated during the summer. They also prevent runoff and non-point source pollution from entering the River. This workshop will be an introduction to how the rain barrels work, the […]
Join Save The River on a visit to the Thousand Islands Biological Station (TIBS)! Departing from Clayton Island Tours (CIT), students will participate in rotating lessons and presentations with Dr. John Farrell and his students on Governors Island. After students eat their lunch on a guided boat tour, we will return to Frink Park for […]
Kate Mehallow, DEC Environmental Program Specialist, will join to discuss Environmental Remediations & Spill Response
Sign-ups for Save The River’s annual Trash Free River Days Cleanup are open! Volunteers from across the Thousand Islands region will be joining STR’s efforts to keep trash off our shorelines and out of the St. Lawrence River. River Days is split into two sessions: Friday, July 25 = neighborhood cleanups led by registered team […]
Departing from the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center on Wellesley Island, students will launch into Eel Bay aboard a field trip boat and spend the morning observing the St. Lawrence River. Students will eat their lunch onboard the field trip boat, and afternoon programing will continue at the Nature Center with ROV demonstrations with the […]
U.S. Coast Guard Representative Jared Dobbs will be joining to discuss oil spill remediation.
Join Save The River and SLELO PRISM for a morning of Water Chestnut Pulling! More information and registration is here: https://www.savetheriver.org/water-chestnut-pull-event/ Date: August 1, 2025 Location: Guffin Bay, Dexter Time: 9AM - 12PM Description: Meeting at Old Moffatt Road, Dexter, NY. It's a 10-15 minute paddle from launch site to Guffin Creek. We will […]
This Floating Classroom camp is geared towards older students. At the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center on Wellesley Island, Save The River and SLELO PRISM will host activities and presentations about the ecology of the Upper St. Lawrence River and the challenges it faces. Check-in is at 8:30AM at Clayton Island Tours. Pick-up is at […]
Join STR at the Antique Boat Museum for a day of boat and fishing activities. Students will have the opportunity to ride Zipper, and rotate through games design for students in 1st – 5th Grade. Check-in and pick-up is at the ABM in Clayton. Register for $10 here: https://www.savetheriver.org/floating-classroom/