Our Mission:

Russian Riverkeeper protects and restores our watershed environment for the benefit of current and future generations.

Our Vision:

The Russian River is our region’s most vital natural resource. Our vision is for a Russian River that is healthy, swimmable, fishable, and equitably shared.

Russian Riverkeeper has been fighting since 1993 to ensure a thriving river system and your rights to fishable, swimmable and drinkable waters that are equitably shared.

Unfortunately, clean water is under new attacks from a rapidly warming climate and unsustainable water use. This is a pressing issue because our river and community both rely on clean and reliable water. Now, more than ever, your river needs vigilant enforcement of environmental laws and the care and commitment of people like you.

With your help, Russian Riverkeeper will:

  • Defend our rivers, streams, wetlands, and ocean by providing science-based advocacy and by influencing policy to better protect our watershed and more equitably share water.

  • Adapt to climate change. We must improve our ability to capture water when we get it and store it underground for future use. We encourage perpetual conservation habits, building on past efforts to permanently reduce use.
  • Tackle trash. Our Clean Team removes trash from the river 5 days a week and mobilizes hundreds of volunteers to help at special cleanup events throughout the year. Trash strangles our river ecosystem, our ocean, and the local economy that depends on clean water.
  • Restore healthy habitat to reduce flooding, keep our water clean and abundant, increase public recreation, and improve our climate resilience.
  • Educate & empower youth to become our next generation of environmental stewards.

Member of The Waterkeeper Alliance

Waterkeeper Alliance ensures that the world’s Waterkeeper groups are as connected to each other as they are to their local waters, organizing the fight for clean water into a coordinated global movement.

Member of California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance uses law, policy, science, and creative media to help Waterkeeper programs advance statewide policies and programs for healthy and clean waters.