Today, there are wonderfully effective and dedicated champions like you making a difference across the country – people working to protect our few remaining pristine watersheds, to restore our many degraded ones, and to improve the rest. The work being done is as diverse as the groups performing it. The one thing we all have in common is a passion for America’s rivers, streams and estuaries. Together we can continue to build effective, sustainable, and results-oriented organizations to look out for our rivers and other waters at the local level.
The best practices available throughout this website provide a set of proven approaches for becoming a voice for our waters at the local level. The impact stories offer examples of strong champions making a difference around the country and the details of their hard-earned successes. You can also learn about what River Network can do to help you develop and maintain leadership and strong organizations that deliver results.
We help organizations get started and “mature” from all-volunteer, small-budget efforts into organizations that have multiple staff, sustainable funding, and sophisticated programs designed to address concerns in their local waterways.
River Network helps organizations network with and learn from their peers around the country by coordinating peer learning networks focused on a variety of issues.
A thorough organizational assessment can be a powerful tool to guide your organization to the next level of effectiveness so you can make a greater impact toward your mission.
Under their old organizational structure, Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) had a President/Potomac Riverkeeper, a Shenandoah Riverkeeper, and an Upper Potomac River Manager. After securing the Upper Potomac Riverkeeper (UPRK) Keeper license and going through a transition in Presidents, they decided that they needed to reorganize the organizational structure to better meet the needs of their… Read More ›
