Who Is Waterkeeper?
Who Is Waterkeeper: John Peach, Upper St Lawrence Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
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The St. Lawrence River is an international border, with Ontario, Canada on one side, and the U.S. state of New York on the other. It connects Lake Ontario,...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Melinda Booth, Yuba River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
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The Yuba River runs for about a hundred miles from its origins in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe in Northern California downhill to the Sacramento...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Ted Evgeniadis, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Susquehanna River is the longest river on the east coast of the United States. It runs for nearly 500 miles from Cooperstown, NY through the state...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Emily Sutton didn’t know what being a Waterkeeper entailed until she started working as one. Suffice to say, it was an immediate fit. After graduating...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Damon Mullis, Ogeechee Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Damon Mullis is the Ogeechee Riverkeeper in Georgia. He grew up spending a lot of time hunting, fishing, and recreating outdoors. At Georgia Southern University,...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Margarita Diaz, Tijuana Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Margarita Diaz grew up near the beach and has always had a connection with water. So it makes sense that the first thing she did when she moved to Tijuana...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Laura Reinsborough, Ottawa Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Ottawa River is nearly 800 miles long. For most of its length, it serves as the border between the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The river...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Matt O’Malley, San Diego Coastkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
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Matt O’Malley is the San Diego Coastkeeper, though he grew up on the other side of the country in a highly urbanized area of New Jersey. He can remember...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Jen Lomberk, Matanzas Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Jen Lomberk grew up in Florida, a state known for the many out-of-state people who relocate there. She describes herself as a child of the state’s waterways,...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Greg Remaud, NY/NJ Baykeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The NY/NJ Baykeeper is unlike most other Waterkeepers in that it doesn’t protect just one waterway. Rather it protects some of the many waterways that...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Mbacke Seck, Hann Baykeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Mbacke Seck was a student in 1998 when he and some fellow students noticed a disturbing development at their local beach in Hann Bay in Senegal. The area...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Bill Lucey, Long Island Soundkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
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Bill Lucey, a Connecticut native, has been the Long Island Soundkeeper since 2017. However, the organization’s inception dates back three decades to...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Daru Setyorini, Brantas River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Daru Setyorini is the Brantas River Waterkeeper in Indonesia. She grew up near the river and has many happy childhood memories of swimming and playing...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Gordon Rogers, Flint Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Flint River originates in the Upper Piedmont region of Georgia near the outskirts of Atlanta Metro and runs nearly 350 miles downstream — and downstate...
Who is Waterkeeper: Alberto Guillén, La Paz Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Bay of La Paz in Baja California, Mexico is a stunningly biodiverse body of water situated within the Gulf of California at the southern end of the...
Who is Waterkeeper: Jefferson Currie II, Lumber Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Jeff Currie had only been on the job as Lumber Riverkeeper for a few weeks in 2018 when Hurricane Florence came barreling through North Carolina. The devastating...
Who is Waterkeeper: Guy Alsentzer, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
There’s an old expression in Montana: “Whiskey’s for drinking, and water’s for fighting.” Leading that fight as Upper Missouri Waterkeeper is...
Who is Waterkeeper: Ivy Frignoca, Casco Baykeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
When the Casco Baykeeper position opened up six years ago, Ivy Frignoca jumped at the opportunity. Frignoca is a lawyer and environmental advocate, whose...
Who is Waterkeeper: John Forrester, Werribee Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
John Forrester has been the Werribee Riverkeeper in Australia since 2014. His love of the river, however, goes back much further than that. Forrester has...
Who is Waterkeeper: Sonal Bhushan, East Kali River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The East Kali River in India runs for 300 miles, through eight districts of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state located in the northern end of...
Who is Waterkeeper: Sandy Bihn, Lake Erie Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Sandy Bihn has been Lake Erie Waterkeeper since 2004, though she says she has had an inherent love of water her entire life, something that has always...
Who is Waterkeeper: Kathy Phillips, Assateague Coastkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Kathy Phillips has been the Assateague Coastkeeper in the coastal watersheds of Maryland and Virginia’s Coastal Bays watershed for going on 14 years....
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