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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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!
This month ORF’s team of educators joined the Hamilton County Conservation District on Mill Creek to collect, identify, and learn about the fish living there.
This year Ohio River Foundation (ORF) has been able to expand its habitat restoration work thanks to $100,000 in funding for its Invasive Species Removal Strike Force (ISRSF) activities in Greater Cincinnati. This program allows ORF to partner with additional volunteer groups and expand its service area to protect additional public spaces.
This summer 13 greater Cincinnati area high school students participated in the Ohio River Conservation Course, an intensive week-long course about aquatic science and watershed conservation presented by Ohio River Foundation (ORF), Foundation for Ohio River Education (FORE), Northern Kentucky Sanitation District No. 1 (SD1), and Thomas More University Biological Field Station (TMU).
The Cincinnati Coffee Festival is returning to the beautiful ballroom at Cincinnati Music Hall this fall. The popular annual festival is set to take place Saturday, October 26 and Sunday, October 27. Tickets are on sale now.
Water. We are all keenly aware of its value in our day-to-day lives. The human body is over 70% water. There aren’t many topics as personal or precious as abundant, clean, healthy water. But do we all really understand where our water comes from and how that journey...
The decision, which overturns Chevron v. NRDC and decades of precedent, will have far-reaching implications by weakening the ability of any federal agency, regardless of political administration, to adopt regulations that are protective of public health and safety, the environment, and financial security.
While it is sometimes hard to believe, Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is in its 24th year of protecting, educating, and advocating on behalf of the Ohio River Watershed! This year is already flying by as we continue to build on the successes of 2023. In 2023, the ORF...
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is pleased to announce that Allison Gerrety has joined the team as Development Director. Gerrety will be responsible for leading ORF’s development and fundraising efforts. Gerrety has extensive experience advancing nonprofit missions...
Today is Mother’s Day, and it’s a great day to show appreciation for all the mother figures in your life. At ORF, we’re extending that to some of our favorite freshwater females. There’s a complex and amazing Mother’s Day story just below the...
Ohio River Foundation was able to raise more than $21,000 at its annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Friday, April 19 at the Woodward Theater. The Festival sold out with 150 people in attendance. Proceeds from the event will support ORF’s exciting education, restoration, and advocacy programs that fulfill its mission to protect and improve the water quality in the Ohio River Watershed, a source of drinking water to millions of people.
Chances are you have memories of playing in a creek as a kid. Even if this wasn’t part of your regular routine, if you did it, even once, the experience has stuck with you. You can probably recall the feeling you had freely playing, exploring, and splashing in the...
