World Rivers Day 2022
Join us for a World Rivers Day Boat Parade! World Rivers Day (September 25th) is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of our rivers, strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved stewardship of all rivers around the world. This year Potomac Riverkeeper Network is partnering with the DC Sailing ... Read More
Rapid Response Training
Join us on Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00 to become part of our new Rapid Response Team! This training will show you how to act as a riverkeeper in your own community, responding to pollution events on the ground. Carl Scheider, Rapid Response Lead, and Jill MacNiece, PRKN volunteer, will show you what to look out ... Read More
Daingerfield Island Shoreline & Paddle Cleanup
Join our efforts to support a Trash-Free Potomac! Enjoy a day on the water, meet other volunteers, and do your part for a cleaner river! About this event Join Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) in our mission to support a Trash-Free Potomac! WE provide gloves, bags and grabbers/trash pickers.YOU bring your enthusiasm for outdoor activities and ... Read More
Alexandria Rivergate Park Cleanup
Join us in tackling the Potomac Rivers trash pollution problem! Every month from May until October we will be hosting River Cleanups. About this event As a part of Potomac Riverkeeper Network's Trash-Free Potomac Campaign and Alice Ferguson Foundations Trash-Free Initiative, we are hosting River Cleanups throughout the watershed from May until October! Join us ... Read More
‘Party on the Pier’ Annual Gala
Potomac Riverkeeper Network’s annual ‘Party on the Pier’ gala will take place outdoors and under the stars on October 8th, 2022 at the District Pier at the Wharf in Washington, DC. A Potomac Riverkeeper Network Gala always has music, dancing, and inspiring stories of the work the Riverkeepers do. Ticket Sales ARE NOW CloseD FOR ... Read More
National Harbor River Cleanup
Join us in tackling the Potomac Rivers trash pollution problem! Every month from May until October we will be hosting River Cleanups. This cleanup is generously sponsored by Aslin Beer Company About this event As a part of Potomac Riverkeeper Network's Trash-Free Potomac Campaign and Alice Ferguson Foundations Trash-Free Initiative, we are hosting River Cleanups ... Read More
Clean Water Act 50th Celebration Finale
RIVER CLEANUP 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM First, join us in Ben Brenman Park along Holmes Run for a River Cleanup. Potomac Riverkeeper Network will have all of the cleanup supplies on hand - you will just need to arrive with close-toed shoes, a full reusable water bottle, and clothes you are prepared to get ... Read More
Oct 20 – “After the Storm” showing AT Patagonia Old Town and Q&A with Dean Naujoks
Patagonia Old Town Store is the Venue for Showing of “After the Storm” Join Dean Naujoks, your fellow clean water enthusiasts, and our terrific friends at Patagonia for a viewing of “After the Storm” on October 20, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the Patagonia Old Town store, 815 ½ King Street, Alexandria. “After the Storm” ... Read More
Annual Shenandoah Riverkeeper Member Meeting! – Oct 22
Join Mark Frondorf, Shenandoah Riverkeeper (SRK) at 12 noon on October 22 for his annual member meeting. Convene at board member Scott Plein’s White House Farm, 1917 Kauffmans Mill Rd, Luray, VA 22835 and learn more about what’s been happening on the river, Mark’s incredibly successful year, and what he plans for next year. It’s ... Read More
Annual Potomac Riverkeeper Meeting – October 27
Please join us for the 2022 Potomac Riverkeeper member meeting, generously hosted by Board member Dave Hunke! Get updates on all of the work PRKN has done in 2022 in the Lower Potomac, have the opportunity to talk to your Riverkeeper, Dean Naujoks, and help us celebrate our 2022 Water Quality Monitoring and Trash Free ... Read More
Upper Potomac Member Meeting – November 5
Join Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper, for his annual Membership meeting at the Mt. Aetna Retreat Center. Held at the Wildlife Museum of the Nature Center at 10 a.m. Brent and Catherine Gaudlip, Monitoring Program Coordinator, will discuss the accomplishments so far in 2022 with particular attention to a summary of two monitoring projects, the ... Read More
ACTION ALERT: va senate hearing on Bill That Delays Getting Cattle Poop (and Resulting Algae) Out of Our Rivers!
We need your help – take action by Tuesday, January 31, at 9:00 a.m. to tell Virginia Senators to vote "NO" on SB 1129! The original law, passed in 2020, increased funding to Virginia’s farmers so that they could pay for and erect the fencing necessary to exclude the cattle by 2025. Now, some of the ... Read More
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