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Respect the Shenandoah Campaign Presentation
August 3, 2020
Check out this video of Mark’s presentation at the kick-off to the Respect the Shenandoah campaign. This important initiative will be a game-changer for the River, and for the Valley.
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Shenandoah Riverkeeper River Rodeo 2020
July 28, 2020
The annual Shenandoah River Rodeo was held Saturday, July 13 at the Bentonville Low Water Bridge Campground. Our region’s best fishing guides generously donated their guide fees to Shenandoah Riverkeeper! If you missed this year’s River Rodeo on the Shenandoah, check out this video, courtesy Bill Howard of Downstream Project.
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1st Annual Swimmable Potomac Report Issued by PRKN
July 23, 2020
POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER NETWORK ISSUES SWIMMABLE POTOMAC REPORT Identifies Where and When The Potomac is Safe For Human Contact Washington, D.C. – July 23 – Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) today released its first annual Water Quality Monitoring Report for the Potomac River, which analyzes the data and results of water sampling at
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BRENT WALLS

BRENT WALLS

Everything flows downstream... Fighting for healthier headwaters of the Potomac from West Virginia to Harpers Ferry.

Shenandoah Riverkeeper

MARK FRONDORF

MARK FRONDORF

Protecting your right to use and enjoy a healthier Shenandoah River.

Potomac Riverkeeper

DEAN NAUJOKS

DEAN NAUJOKS

Restoring the Potomac to create an example for healthy water nationwide.

Despite some progress, the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers still suffer greatly from major pollution insults.

Our unique approach to this problem is to directly engage individuals, corporations, and government bodies who are responsible for pollution.

We identify specific polluters through several proven strategies.
We seek cooperation from polluters in cleaning up.
If polluters refuse to clean up voluntarily, we use our network of attorneys and the Clean Water Act to force them to do so.

Through our attorneys, we also forcefully assert the interests of clean water in critical county and state regulatory processes such as stormwater and agricultural runoff. We are the only non-profit group consistently willing to use hard-hitting legal remedies to stop pollution throughout the watershed. PRKN does the heavy lifting in the battles against pollution!

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You are mostly water.

Your brain is 70% water. Your blood is about 80% water and your lungs are 90% water. Most of the water we bathe in, cook in, and drink – including many well known bottled waters, soft drinks and beer – comes from the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.

Water pollution puts you and your family’s health at risk.

Even small amounts of some chemicals can be harmful. Many of these chemicals are detectable in the drinking water that comes out of our taps.

Water pollution seriously harms the environment.

From the headwaters of our streams and rivers all the way to and including the Chesapeake Bay, water pollution harms life and has serious economic consequences. It also interferes with fishing, swimming, and other recreational enjoyments.