National River Cleanup®

The latest blog posts on ways volunteers are keeping our rivers clean. Learn how you can get involved in the National River Cleanup®.

A water bottle floats in a river. | Chesapeake Bay Program

National River Cleanup®

Litter for All Seasons; The Hunt is on!

Children pick up trash at the Bog Cleanup along the South River, MD. | Jennifer Carr

National River Cleanup®, Protecting Rivers

What You Need to Know About National Public Lands Day

Ohio river sweep volunteers. | Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

National River Cleanup®, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Water Pollution

Ohio Volunteers Make a Splash

River cooters on the Big Sunflower. | Stephen Kirkpatrick

Floods & Floodplains, National River Cleanup®, Protecting Rivers

The Importance of Floodplains to Fish in Mississippi

Hackensack Riverkeeper

National River Cleanup®

And the 2017 National River Cleanup® Photo Contest Winner is…

Unedited photo by NPS, Andrew Cattoir

Climate Change & Rivers, National River Cleanup®, Protecting Rivers

Don’t Walk… Run and Start Plogging!

Tuckasegee River Cleanup | Taylor Carringer

Blue Trails, National River Cleanup®

Keeping the Tuckasegee Clean for People and Nature

Volunteers pose with trash at a National River Cleanup event on Teddy Roosevelt Island, DC. | Rebecca Long

National River Cleanup®, Protecting Rivers

The Five Most Common Things Found at River Cleanups

Discover Rivers, National River Cleanup®

2017 National River Cleanup® Recap and Champions

Upper Colorado River | Russ Schnitzer

Most Endangered Rivers, National River Cleanup®, Protecting Rivers, Wild and Scenic Rivers

Rivers at a turning point: Reflections on 2017 and the year ahead

Discover Rivers, National River Cleanup®, Protecting Rivers

Litter for all Seasons; The Hunt is on!

Waccamaw Cleanup | Laila Johnston

Blue Trails, National River Cleanup®

Waccamaw Cleanup Warriors at it Again