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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.

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Latest Posts

It’s Budget Time in Virginia — Let the General Assembly Know That Funding Clean Water Must be a Priority!
February 13, 2020
Dear Friend, It’s Budget Time in Virginia — Let the General Assembly Know That Funding Clean Water Must be a Priority! Dollars can move mountains or better yet, protect our rivers and streams. We have a unique opportunity this year to see meaningful increases in natural resource funding, thanks to the
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Respect the Shenandoah
February 6, 2020
The Shenandoah River is near and dear to the hearts of all those who grew up in the Shenandoah Valley as I did. It is a beautiful river, a great fishing river, and great river for paddling, rafting, and inner tubing. I enjoyed many of those pastimes in my youth,
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Help Shenandoah Riverkeeper Pass a Law to Keep Cattle out of Our River!
January 27, 2020
This Wednesday, January 29, a key House Committee in the Virginia legislature will consider HB 1422, a bill that sets a 2025 deadline to fence cattle out of waterways and requires state funding to ensure farmers can afford it. Unfenced cattle destroy streambanks and valuable riparian buffers, and directly “deposit”
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Keep the Cacapon Clean Initiative Upper Potomac

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