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An Annotated Guide to Links to River and Waterways Conservation Organizations Please suggest additions to Conservation Committee Chair Steve Starcher, var a = new Array('.com','sastarcher','@gmail','','');document.write("");if(a[3]!=''){document.write(a[3]+"");}else{document.write(a[1]+a[2]+a[0]+"");}. .nobrtable br { display: none } USA River Network: Ecology and River protection; River Rally Conference - 06/03 -06/2011, Charleston, SC American Rivers: cleanups; newsroom; dam removal projects; library; most endangered; blog - excellent National Rivers: River cleanup program (advice, tools, calendar); paddling information The Nature Conservancy: State-by-state conservation projects, events, articles, initiatives, maps, trips - excellent California San Joaquin River Stewardship Program: Stewardship; education; river cleanup; events calendar; paddlesport info - detailed Connecticut Rivers Alliance of Connecticut: Conservation, River trail maps, cleanup links Connecticut River Watershed Council: Advocacy, restoration, recreation, maps (through links); clean-up Housatonic River Guide: Links to Housatonic Conservation organizations Delaware Delaware Ecotourism: Events; Broadkill river trail Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Activities, Science and Research, Events - extensive and useful site Tidal Delaware Water Trail: Stewardship; river trail map; events - part of PECPA Illinois Lower Des Plaines Ecosystem Partnership: Events, grant opportunities, restoration successes, watershed profile Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership: Calendar, watershed planning and maps, watershed profile The Conservation Foundation: Land and water preservation; events; clean-up (DuPage River Sweep) Fox River Ecosystem Partnership: Events, newsletters, subwatersheds, grants Indiana Friends of the White River: Project, maps, calendar, cleanup plans - not updated for 2011 Indiana Wildlife Federation: Issues, programs, clean water projects Friends of the St. Joe River: Education and networking, newsletter, calendar, watershed management Kansas Arkansas River Coalition: Issues, news, links to gauges, events calendar (dated) Maine Maine Rivers: Conserve, Protect, and Restore; projects, newsletter Penobscot River Restoration Trust: Projects, history, maps Maryland Potomac River Keeper: Protect and restore Potomac water quality; events; calendar Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Projects, maps, wildlife, water quality Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts Riverways Program: Promotion and establishment of policies to protect MA rivers Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council: Programs; RiverFest; events calendar; river trail map Charles River Watershed Association: Projects, cleanups, watershed info, race info, science and education Housatonic River Guide: Links to Housatonic Conservation organizations Nashua River Watershed Association: Protect water quality and conserve open space; education, internships Michigan Friends of the Maple River: Events, float trips, watershed maps, clean-up plans, history Friends of the Looking Glass River: Calendar, events, trips - not updated in 2011 River Care: Part of Conservation Resource Alliance; keeping rivers/stream open; project listing Friends of the St Joe River: Education and networking, newsletter, calendar, watershed management Minnesota Cure the Minnesota River: Minnesota River events; clean water; brief paddling info Friends of the Mississippi River: Extensive site; calendar, stewardship, internships, Mississippi River Challenge Minnesota Waters: Individual lake and river groups, events calendar; forums; issue advocacy Conservation Minnesota: Broad conservation issues in MN; events; research and reports St Croix River Association: Restore and protect; events calendar; River Awareness Week; Education resources New Hampshire Merrimack River Watershed Council: Extensive events calendar; canoe/kayak trips New Hampshire Rivers Council: Conservation and ecologic management of NH rivers; projects Nashua River Watershed Association: Protect water quality & conserve open space; education, internships Connecticut River Watershed Council: Adovacy, restoration, recreation, maps (through links); clean-up New Jersey New Jersey Conservation Foundation: DelawareRiver Bluffs Project; river maps Tidal Delaware Water Trail: Stewardship; river trail map; events - part of PECPA Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Activities, Science and Research, Events - extensive and useful site New York Adirondack Explorer: Newsmagazine website (non-profit); water access issues, paddling trip descriptions Rochester Environment.com: Genesee River conservation Riverkeeper: Clean water advocation; campaigns, news, projects Ohio Rivers Unlimited: River issues, Mike Fremont's Journal, Paddlefest, water quality projects, links Ohio Watershed Network: News, events, Ohio Watershed Academy Darby Creek Association: History, news Friends of the Lower Muskingum: Projects, history, maps Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Environmental Council: Regional river conservation updates; river trail planning; tidaltrail.com Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: Watershed conservation planning and restoration; river trail maps Cumberland County of Pennsylvania: Yellow Breeches maps; Conservation plans for local rivers/streams Susquehanna River Trail: River maps, events, projects Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: River trail maps; links to local/regional conservation organizations Schuylkill River: River maps, events, heritage Boathouse Row: Links to Schuylkill River maps, events, conservation plans for Philadelphia area Tidal Delaware Water Trail: Stewardship; river trail map; events - part of PECPA New Jersey Conservation Foundation: DelawareRiver Bluffs Project; river maps Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Activities, Science and Research, Events - extensive and useful site Virginia James River Advisory Council: Calendar, events, cleanup Rivanna Conservation Society: Internships, projects, blog, event calendar (dated) Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Projects, maps, wildlife, water quality Vermont The Vermont River Conservancy: CT River Trail Map; projects; conservation issues in VT Friends of the Winooski: History, projects; issues; paddling guide Connecticut River Watershed Council: Advocacy, restoration, recreation, maps (through links); clean-up Wisconsin River Alliance of Wisconsin: Dam removal, invasive species, grass-root organizations, film festival, events St Croix River Association: Restore and protect; events calendar; River Awareness Week; Education resources West Virginia Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Projects, maps, wildlife, water quality

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An Annotated Guide to Links to River and Waterways Conservation Organizations

Please suggest additions to Conservation Committee Chair Steve Starcher, .

USA
River Network: Ecology and River protection; River Rally Conference - 06/03 -06/2011, Charleston, SC	American Rivers: cleanups; newsroom; dam removal projects; library; most endangered; blog - excellent	National Rivers: River cleanup program (advice, tools, calendar); paddling information	The Nature Conservancy: State-by-state conservation projects, events, articles, initiatives, maps, trips - excellent
California
San Joaquin River Stewardship Program: Stewardship; education; river cleanup; events calendar; paddlesport info - detailed
Connecticut
Rivers Alliance of Connecticut: Conservation, River trail maps, cleanup links	Connecticut River Watershed Council: Advocacy, restoration, recreation, maps (through links); clean-up	Housatonic River Guide: Links to Housatonic Conservation organizations
Delaware
Delaware Ecotourism: Events; Broadkill river trail	Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Activities, Science and Research, Events - extensive and useful site	Tidal Delaware Water Trail: Stewardship; river trail map; events - part of PECPA
Illinois
Lower Des Plaines Ecosystem Partnership: Events, grant opportunities, restoration successes, watershed profile	Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership: Calendar, watershed planning and maps, watershed profile	The Conservation Foundation: Land and water preservation; events; clean-up (DuPage River Sweep)	Fox River Ecosystem Partnership: Events, newsletters, subwatersheds, grants
Indiana
Friends of the White River: Project, maps, calendar, cleanup plans - not updated for 2011	Indiana Wildlife Federation: Issues, programs, clean water projects	Friends of the St. Joe River: Education and networking, newsletter, calendar, watershed management
Kansas
Arkansas River Coalition: Issues, news, links to gauges, events calendar (dated)
Maine
Maine Rivers: Conserve, Protect, and Restore; projects, newsletter	Penobscot River Restoration Trust: Projects, history, maps
Maryland
Potomac River Keeper: Protect and restore Potomac water quality; events; calendar	Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Projects, maps, wildlife, water quality
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Riverways Program: Promotion and establishment of policies to protect MA rivers	Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council: Programs; RiverFest; events calendar; river trail map	Charles River Watershed Association: Projects, cleanups, watershed info, race info, science and education	Housatonic River Guide: Links to Housatonic Conservation organizations	Nashua River Watershed Association: Protect water quality and conserve open space; education, internships
Michigan
Friends of the Maple River: Events, float trips, watershed maps, clean-up plans, history	Friends of the Looking Glass River: Calendar, events, trips - not updated in 2011	River Care: Part of Conservation Resource Alliance; keeping rivers/stream open; project listing	Friends of the St Joe River: Education and networking, newsletter, calendar, watershed management
Minnesota
Cure the Minnesota River: Minnesota River events; clean water; brief paddling info	Friends of the Mississippi River: Extensive site; calendar, stewardship, internships, Mississippi River Challenge	Minnesota Waters: Individual lake and river groups, events calendar; forums; issue advocacy	Conservation Minnesota: Broad conservation issues in MN; events; research and reports	St Croix River Association: Restore and protect; events calendar; River Awareness Week; Education resources
New Hampshire
Merrimack River Watershed Council: Extensive events calendar; canoe/kayak trips	New Hampshire Rivers Council: Conservation and ecologic management of NH rivers; projects	Nashua River Watershed Association: Protect water quality & conserve open space; education, internships	Connecticut River Watershed Council: Adovacy, restoration, recreation, maps (through links); clean-up
New Jersey
New Jersey Conservation Foundation: DelawareRiver Bluffs Project; river maps	Tidal Delaware Water Trail: Stewardship; river trail map; events - part of PECPA	Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Activities, Science and Research, Events - extensive and useful site
New York
Adirondack Explorer: Newsmagazine website (non-profit); water access issues, paddling trip descriptions	Rochester Environment.com: Genesee River conservation	Riverkeeper: Clean water advocation; campaigns, news, projects
Ohio
Rivers Unlimited: River issues, Mike Fremont's Journal, Paddlefest, water quality projects, links	Ohio Watershed Network: News, events, Ohio Watershed Academy	Darby Creek Association: History, news	Friends of the Lower Muskingum: Projects, history, maps
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Environmental Council: Regional river conservation updates; river trail planning; tidaltrail.com	Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: Watershed conservation planning and restoration; river trail maps	Cumberland County of Pennsylvania: Yellow Breeches maps; Conservation plans for local rivers/streams	Susquehanna River Trail: River maps, events, projects	Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: River trail maps; links to local/regional conservation organizations
Schuylkill River: River maps, events, heritage	Boathouse Row: Links to Schuylkill River maps, events, conservation plans for Philadelphia area	Tidal Delaware Water Trail: Stewardship; river trail map; events - part of PECPA	New Jersey Conservation Foundation: DelawareRiver Bluffs Project; river maps	Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Activities, Science and Research, Events - extensive and useful site
Virginia
James River Advisory Council: Calendar, events, cleanup	Rivanna Conservation Society: Internships, projects, blog, event calendar (dated)	Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Projects, maps, wildlife, water quality
Vermont
The Vermont River Conservancy: CT River Trail Map; projects; conservation issues in VT	Friends of the Winooski: History, projects; issues; paddling guide	Connecticut River Watershed Council: Advocacy, restoration, recreation, maps (through links); clean-up
Wisconsin
River Alliance of Wisconsin: Dam removal, invasive species, grass-root organizations, film festival, events	St Croix River Association: Restore and protect; events calendar; River Awareness Week; Education resources
West Virginia
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Projects, maps, wildlife, water quality

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