Who Is Waterkeeper?
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
- News
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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