Larry Baldwin

Campaign Coordinator
Pure Farms, Pure Waters
North Carolina

Since 6/7/21

Larry Baldwin serves as Waterkeeper Alliance’s Pure Farms, Pure Waters (PFPW) Coordinator in North Carolina.  He works with the 15 licensed Waterkeeper Alliance groups in North Carolina in their efforts to reform the current polluting practices of the industrial meat producing facilities, known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs.

Larry previously served as the Lower Neuse Riverkeeper from 2002 - 2011.  After five years in this role, Larry, along with several others, started the Coastal Carolina Riverwatch organization where he served as both ExecutiveDirector and Crystal Coast Waterkeeper.  The opportunity arose for him to return to his role with Waterkeeper Alliance, a role he fills currently.

Larry grew up in western Maryland and has a direct relationship with the Potomac River and tributaries as well as the Chesapeake Bay.  He also grew up with a great admiration for Jacques Cousteau from which his connection to water was planted deeply.  The love of water and the value it plays in everyday life is what inspired him to pursue a career in water protection.  This career is now a passion and working with Waterkeeper Alliance has been the best way to work in that arena.

Before joining the Waterkeeper movement, Larry spent 22 years in manufacturing and warehousing management, far different from his true calling.  But even then, he worked as a volunteer for environmental organizations in and around Maryland.

Larry lives in New Bern, NC with his wife and enjoys spending time with his three grandsons.

“It is said in many different ways that “Water is Life”, which couldn’t be any more true.  For me, though, water is the essence of life.  It was not created for us to destroy or consider to be a commodity.  It is a God-given resource that we have been given the responsibility to protect for everyone.  My work quickly changed from being a career to being a “calling”.  It is a call that I could not refuse to answer”.  It is in my DNA to protect our waters for the future generations and to do so in whatever manner works.”