December 28, 2025
Updates
River Waves – December 2025
Keep up to date on ORF and the latest edition of our River Waves newsletter! Read the latest here.
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Ohio River Foundation News & Updates
November 24, 2025
Long Overdue Ohio River Restoration Program Act Gets Re-Introduced in Congress
At its founding, twenty-four years ago, Ohio River Foundation recognized the need for a comprehensive Ohio River watershed restoration program. “Today we re-endorse the Ohio River Restoration Program Act as it provides the opportunity for restoration of the...
November 6, 2025
Newsletter
ORF and Ohio River Basin News – Making Waves!
Keep up to date on ORF and Ohio River Basin news! Read our latest newsletter here.
September 11, 2025
Updates
FANGIRL for Fanshell Mussels: Celebrating a Local Endangered Species!
Growing up in the Ohio River Valley, the world outside of the Midwest seemed alluring, bigger and better in nearly every way. Faraway places were full of new and interesting people, places, and animals. That was until I had the chance to get out and explore faraway...
August 26, 2025
Updates
How to Prepare Your Yard for Fall and Benefit the Ohio River and its Watershed!
Welcome fall! There are so many ways to celebrate this special time of year, but one big one is preparing our green spaces for winter. Parking that lawn mower and putting away the garden gloves for a few months might feel like a welcome break. But before you do, we...
August 14, 2025
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The Cincinnati Coffee Festival Returns!
The Cincinnati Coffee Festival returns for 2025, set for October 25th and 26th! The event will be hosted at Cincinnati Music Hall in Over-The-Rhine, taking place in the large ballroom. It will feature over 55 vendors, offering attendees the chance to learn about the...
July 28, 2025
Events
Ohio River Foundation Partners With Northern Row!
Ohio River Foundation is excited to announce our partnership with Northern Row Brewing & Distillery to launch their newest liquor, Good River Vodka. With the launch of Good River Vodka, Northern Row aims to support local waterway habitat conservation and protect...
July 15, 2025
Updates
Film Festival Benefits Ohio River Foundation Programs
The acclaimed national Wild & Scenic Film Festival returned to Cincinnati on June 14 at a new location, The Theater at Memorial Hall. Presented by Ohio River Foundation (ORF), this was a specially curated selection of films created just for the Cincinnati...
May 15, 2025
Updates
Ohio River Foundation Celebrates 25 Years With A Watershed Moment
More than 150 people turned out for Ohio River Foundation’s 25th Anniversary event. The evening–titled A Watershed Moment–was held at MadTree’s Parks & Rec at Summit Park in Blue Ash. The celebration featured a buffet during the cocktail hour, keynote by Rhiannon Hoeweler of MadTree Brewing, live freshwater mussels in tanks, live auction, and an awards ceremony.
March 19, 2025
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From Floods to Solutions: Embracing World Water Day and Community Action
Written by: Kathryn Stonesmyth As the snow melts and spring rains fall, you may have noticed how wet our world is becoming. It happens every year, but nonetheless, it’s somewhat surprising how damp and rainy springtime in Ohio can be. Saturday, March 22nd is World...
March 10, 2025
Updates
Proposed KY Legislation Threatens Drinking Water Sources
See the message below from our friends and partners at the Kentucky Waterways Alliance regarding the proposed Senate Bill 89. While the bill was recently pulled from the House Natural Resources & Energy Committee agenda, there are ongoing efforts to bring it back...
February 8, 2025
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Spreading Love in the Waterways: The Remarkable Self-Love of Freshwater Mussels
Written by: Evan Banzhaf Valentine’s Day is upon us once again, a time when many of us express the love we have for others. But we at ORF want to share a unique story of ‘self-love’ happening in our local waterways! Down at the bottom of your nearby stream or river,...
January 28, 2025
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Show the Eastern Hellbender Some Love: Protect Our Watershed
A Valentine for Our Rivers This Valentine’s season, we need your love to protect the Eastern Hellbender, an incredible species in the Ohio River Watershed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the Hellbender as endangered, but it’s up to us...
December 17, 2024
Updates
Long Overdue Ohio River Restoration Program Act Gets Introduced in Congress
At its founding, twenty-four years ago, Ohio River Foundation recognized the need for a comprehensive Ohio River watershed restoration program. “Today we endorse the Ohio River Restoration Program Act as it provides the opportunity for restoration of the...
December 5, 2024
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What is a Watershed? Part II- Invasive Species Removal is Key to Watershed Restoration
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) fights to protect the Ohio River Watershed but many people have no idea what a watershed is and just how important they are to the environment and our drinking water! A watershed is an area of land where all the water drains to a common...
November 19, 2024
Newsletter
River Waves: 2024 Year-in-Review
As the year draws to a close and we prepare to head into our 25th anniversary year, we’re looking back on some of our 2024 accomplishments.
November 12, 2024
Cincinnati Coffee Festival
Cincinnati Coffee Festival Raised $100,000 to Support Ohio River Foundation
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) presented its seventh annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival at the iconic Cincinnati Music Hall this past October. The event raised more than $100,000 to support ORF’s impactful education, restoration, and advocacy programs to fulfill our mission to protect and improve the ecology in the Ohio River watershed, a source of drinking water for millions of people.
November 5, 2024
Updates
Alaina Pratt and Andrew Kolesar Join Ohio River Foundation Board
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is pleased to welcome United Way of Greater Cincinnati Chief Experience Officer Alaina Pratt and Thompson Hine LLP Partner Andrew Kolesar to its board of directors. Pratt has more than 15 years experience leading cross-functional teams and...
October 22, 2024
Updates
Ameritas Donates $5,000 and Plants 32 Trees in Kingswood Park with Ohio River Foundation
Ohio River Foundation was able to plant several native trees in Kingswood Park in Deerfield Township thanks to the generosity of Ameritas and their volunteers. Ameritas donated a $5,000 grant and 23 volunteers attended a special volunteer day to plant 32 trees.
October 15, 2024
Cincinnati Coffee Festival
Details Announced for Seventh Annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival
Music Hall will soon be percolating with caffeinated activity as the region’s favorite roasters, coffee shops, and baristas come together to give Cincinnati its biggest java jolt of the season. The seventh annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival returns on Saturday, October...
September 12, 2024
Updates
Celebrating Native Mussels on Sept. 14th with the Cincinnati Nature Center
Join us on Saturday, 9/14 for TWO great opportunities to learn about some of the most marvelous mollusks living right in our backyards. The Ohio River Watershed is home to some of the highest diversity of freshwater mussels in the world, yet most people are unaware of these amazing animals living inconspicuously in many of our local waterways!
