Take Action! Keep Fracking out of George Washington  National Forest!

Our National Forests were set aside to protect drinking water for American citizens and to provide a playground for us to hunt, fish, camp, hike, bike and to enjoy natural places.

Last month Potomac Riverkeeper had the honor of presenting at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as part of their efforts to promote the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC is the world's largest and most successful annual workplace giving campaign which encourages federal workers to donate a portion of their paycheck to local and national charities.

Am I the only person who enjoys looking at water?

Well, that’s a trick question because I already know that the answer is NO. You might be someone who cranes your neck when driving over a bridge just to see what the creek looks like underneath. Or someone who seeks water on your vacation. Or you would love to own (or do own) riverfront property. Right here at home, the Shenandoah River is our first choice when we look for a place to spend a summer day or to take our families camping or boating. 

Water sooths us. And it nourishes us, quite literally.

Potomac Riverkeeper moves to stop sewage discharge, Clean Water Act 40th Anniversary Activities, The North Branch of the Potomac, Island to Island Wrap up, and much more!

Read the Newsletter here!

Waterkeepers from around the country joined over a hundred paddlers on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. to rally for clean water this past Saturday.

Undeterred by the hardships that they endured during last year’s Island to Island trip, Whit Overstreet, Communications Manager for Potomac Riverkeeper, and Joe Hage, Caretaker for the Sycamore Island Club, set off yet again on a paddling odyssey down the Potomac.

My name is Ed Merrifield, I am the Potomac Riverkeeper as well as President of Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc.  I am here representing our organization and its 3,000 members.  Our mission is to stop pollution and restore clean water in the watershed and that is the reason I am here today.

We will be submitting written comments and if anything I say here is confusing compared to the written comments, please respond to the written comments.  I say this because the last two days have been a little unusual for me. 

UPDATE:
The big vote is TODAY at 12:30 pm EDT. Please act now!!

On Thursday, June 21, Waterkeepers from around the U.S. are working together to promote access to clean, fishable waters globally and to celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act that provides safeguards to U.S. drinking water.

We need your help to protect healthy forests and drinking water in Virginia and West Virginia by keeping a proposed ban on natural gas fracking on the George Washington National Forest.