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Shenandoah River Report!
A lot has happened since we last spoke at the end of September. The DuPont company, the Virginia Department of Natural Resources and…
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Potomac Riverkeeper Network Welcomes Nancy Stoner as its New President
Washington, DC – March 29 – Nancy Stoner, Water Program Director and Senior Fellow at Pisces Foundation, has been named President of…
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative
While Shenandoah Riverkeeper Mark Frondorf continues to work with the Southern Environmental Law Center and other environmental organizations to challenge the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in the courts, he…
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Statement on State Water Control Board Decision to Delay Effectiveness of Certification of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
4-3 Decision Recognizes Risk to Virginia’s Drinking Water Quality, Fish and Wildlife Habitats, and Recreation Washington, DC – December 12 – We are relieved that the decision of Virginia’s…
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Urgent Action! Tell Virginia to Reject the Atlantic Coast Pipeline!
We need to act fast! The proposed 600-mile fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is on its way to being built – unless we all work together to stop…
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An Unsteady Balance for Virginia’s Farms and Clean Water
Millions of livestock animals are raised in the Shenandoah Valley, a region that by most standards is the breadbasket of Virginia. Agriculture has intensified over the past 40 years,…
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June 3rd RiverPalooza Kick Off is a Success! Sign up for more paddles today!!
We have plenty of RiverPalooza paddles left this summer, so we took a look at the feedback from the Kick Off weekend. Then we carefully cherry picked…
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Shenandoah Riverkeeper Files Lawsuit Over Algae in the Shenandoah
We’ve been dealing with excessive algae blooms throughout the river ever since a massive fish kill occurred in 2005. That event spawned Virginia’s Fish Kill…
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DuPont Agrees to $42 Million Restoration Plan for Mercury Contamination in South and Shenandoah Rivers
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Virginia shared their plan to restore these…
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EPA Fails to Protect the Shenandoah River
Local groups challenge EPA’s approval of Virginia’s decision to not list the Shenandoah as ‘impaired,’ despite excessive algae blooms and nutrient pollution
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