After working closely together since 1997, River Network merged with River Watch Network, a national leader in teaching people how to assess and monitor the health of their rivers. Through previous collaborations, we realized how productively our programs fit together: each of us brought an important and distinct approach to river conservation that was in high-demand from groups around the nation. 

In merging, we found we could design and deliver services more powerfully together than separately, with the goal of stimulating more and better watershed monitoring and assessment activities in more of the nation’s watersheds. The resulting River Watch program would empower community-based monitoring across the country for years to come. 

Read more in the Fall 1999 issue of River Voices.