Litter in Our Nation’s Waterways and Communities
Litter, we have all seen it—clogging the flow of our favorite neighborhood stream, or carelessly thrown to the side of the road waiting to be carried by the elements to the nearest waterway. Keep [...]
Creating Connection Between Community and Water Utility Leaders – What We’re Learning
So many important decisions about water happen at the local level: Where to invest in green infrastructure or water efficiency? How to reduce sewer overflows to local creeks? What are the best [...]
How 90 High Schoolers Removed Over 1 Ton of Community Litter
Earlier this year, in collaboration with River Network and with support from Ball Corporation, Findlay, Ohio’s Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) and the local United Way [...]
Trash to Action: How Litter Clean Up can Lead to Change
This is a guest blog post by Aaron Dickinson, a Masters of Public Policy student at Duke University who joined River Network this past summer as an intern. How can trash collection and clean up [...]
Community-Led Research Projects Underway in 8 Communities: What Have We Learned?
River Network kicked off 2021 by granting 8 local organizations with funds and technical assistance to design and implement community-led research projects in their communities: the last eight [...]
Commit to a Green New Year
This spring, it is more important than ever for us to come together and make every day Earth Day. In 2020, there were 26 billion pieces of litter along America’s waterways, according to [...]
