Join our Team as Part-Time Communications Manager
Job Opportunity Notice Communications Manager Russian Riverkeeper (Healdsburg, CA) Download Job Announcement Russian Riverkeeper, a dynamic river conservation organization founded in 1993, is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as Communications Manager. Russian Riverkeeper is in need of a talented writer [...]
Sponsor the Russian River Watershed Cleanup
Russian Riverkeeper is pleased to announce the exciting plans we have in store for the 36th annual Russian River Watershed Cleanup on Saturday, September 17th 2022. We’re looking forward to gathering again with you to show the river some love! The September cleanup is [...]
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage is Russian River Heritage
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month in Sonoma County and across the United States. May became Asian American Heritage month in 1977, and later became Asian American Pacific Islander month in 1991. It is a month commemorating the migration of immigrants [...]
Fighting Invasive Species and Fire
The numerous recent fires along the Russian River in Healdsburg present a very significant hazard to the city and its residents. Russian Riverkeeper is teaming up with Healdsburg Fire to combat the problem by removing thick stands of Arundo donax from 200 acres along [...]
First-ever Well Water Fees Proposed
The Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency is currently looking at a variety of fee structures that would allow them to better achieve the goals of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Considered to be a historic piece of legislation, the Act was enacted to [...]
Landback Movement
The Russian River watershed lies on the unceded territory of Pomo, Miwok, and Wappo Native Americans. The Pomo Landback movement aims to make reparations to existing culture through the co-management of lands by local tribes. Russian Riverkeeper supports efforts to return land management to [...]
Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago, US waters were severely contaminated by sewage, trash, oil, and toxic industrial pollution. The Russian River was no exception, making fishing and swimming frequently unsafe and drinking water unhealthy. The Clean Water Act was passed in 1972 to provide the public [...]
Fire Recovery Update
The Walbridge Fire, which burned more than 55,000 acres in the hills West of Healdsburg in Fall of 2020, had a lasting impact on the land and its waterways. More than 150 homes were lost, and rebuilding, revegetation, and soil recovery will continue for [...]
Starr Creek Restoration
This early "false spring" created beautiful working conditions for our field team who were out weeding invasive plants and nurturing small emerging native plants to give them the boost. This early sunshine is essential for new growth at the ground level before the tree canopy grows leaves [...]