Waterkeeper Alliance Announces 8th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota
By: Waterkeeper Alliance
Thousands of Americans celebrate the importance of clean water by getting out on their local waterways to swim, paddle, race, fish, and make a SPLASH!
Waterkeeper Alliance, the largest and fastest growing nonprofit solely focused on clean water, today announced the locations of its 8th Annual SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota. SPLASH events will take place on waterways across the United States to support local Waterkeeper Organizations by engaging community members and outdoor enthusiasts in events comprised of water-based recreational activities like swimming, paddling, kayaking, fishing, and much more.
“Engaging people with their local waterways is a crucial part of securing drinkable, fishable, swimmable water,” said Marc Yaggi, executive director of Waterkeeper Alliance. “The SPLASH Event Series strengthens connections between communities and waterways across the country. We thank Toyota for their commitment to the environment, clean water, and another great year of SPLASH.”
Twenty events were approved for the 2018 season that is expected to bring out thousands of participants:
- May 5, 2018 — “King of the River” Fishing Tournament; Weigh-in in Blackshear, GA – Fishing on Satilla River and tributaries; Satilla Riverkeeper
- June 1-3, 2018 — Publix Grandman Triathlon; Mobile Bay Watershed, Fairhope, AL; Mobile Baykeeper
- June 17, 2018 — South by West Rhode Fest; South River, Mayo Beach Park, Edgewater, MD; South Riverkeeper and West & Rhode Riverkeeper
- June 22-23, 2018 — Sunrise. Sunset. Susquehanna Paddle and Play Event; Loyalsock Creek, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties, PA; Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association
- June 23, 2018 — Rafting on the Poudre: 50th Anniversary of Wild and Scenic River Act; Cache la Poudre River, up in the canyon west of Fort Collins, CO; Poudre Waterkeeper
- June 23, 2018 — Discovery Day; Tualatin River, Hillsboro, OR; Tualatin Riverkeeper
- June 30, 2018 — Buzzards Bay Swim; Buzzards Bay, New Bedford and Fairhaven, MA; Buzzards Baykeeper
- July 15, 2018 — San Francisco Baykeeper Bay Parade; San Francisco Bay, CA; San Francisco Baykeeper
- July 27, 2018 — Monuments Paddle on the Potomac; Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, D.C., VA, MD and WV; Potomac Riverkeeper Network
- July 28, 2018 — Paddles Up Niagara; Niagara River, Grand Island, NY; Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- August 4, 2018 — Back to the Chatt; Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, GA; Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
- August 4, 2018 — Annual Save the Bay Swim; Naval Station – Newport to Jamestown, RI; Save the Bay – Narragansett Baykeeper, South County Coastkeeper, and Narragansett Bay Riverkeeper
- August 11, 2018 — Swim for Grand Traverse Bay; Grand Traverse Bay, Traverse City, MI; Grand Traverse Baykeeper
- August 11, 2018 — Healthy Harbour Festival; Seabridge Park/Beach, Huntington Beach, CA; Orange County Coastkeeper
- August 26, 2018 — Back the Bayou; Lower Galveston Bay Watershed, Houston, TX; Bayou City Waterkeeper; Note: this is the one-year Anniversary of Hurricane Harvey
- September 8, 2018 — Milwaukee Boat Parade; Milwaukee River, Milwaukee, WI; Milwaukee Riverkeeper
- September 13-14, 2018 — Connect with the James: The Great Return of the Atlantic Sturgeon; James River, Richmond, VA; James Riverkeeper
- September 15, 2018 — Fishing Derby; Hackensack River, Secaucus, NJ; Hackensack Riverkeeper
- October 7, 2018 — Tour de Ashley; Tour de Ashley, Charleston, SC; Charleston Waterkeeper
- October 20, 2018 — Bay Day; Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL; Miami Waterkeeper
For more information and event details, please visit: www.splashseries.org