May 12, 2024
blog
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...
May 7, 2024
Press Release
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.
April 26, 2024
blog
The following is a list of Ohio River Foundation’s favorite spots to safely and easily take kids creeking around the greater Cincinnati region.
April 20, 2024
blog
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...
April 11, 2024
blog
For decades toxic forever chemicals have been allowed into the environment without public and environmental health protections. Ohio River Foundation applauds this step by US EPA to take the first step by placing restrictive limits on the presence of six PFAS...
March 31, 2024
Events
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is excited to bring The Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Cincinnati to show our city’s commitment to environmental activism and love for nature. The festival will be on Friday, April 19 at the Woodward Theater in Over-the-Rhine. The...
March 27, 2024
Press Release
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) has received almost $100,000 in funding for its Invasive Species Removal Strike Force (ISRSF) activities in Greater Cincinnati. Corporate volunteers from throughout Greater Cincinnati participate in hands-on restoration work to remove invasive species and, in some cases, plant native trees in removal areas. Funding for this program is provided in part by The Duke Energy Foundation, L.L. Nippert Charitable Foundation, and The H.B., E.W., and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee.
March 20, 2024
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Have you noticed over the last week or more throughout the Midwest the forest understory is turning green? According to the calendar, spring is officially here but sadly most of the green you are seeing right now is non-native, invasive, Amur Honeysuckle. All year...
March 18, 2024
Events
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15; 2024 program dates are June 24-28 Ohio River Foundation (ORF), along with Foundation for Ohio River Education (FORE), Sanitation District No. 1 (SD1), and Thomas More University Biological Field Station (TMU) are offering a...
March 15, 2024
Press Release
Meeting recording now available! In case you missed it, you can view a recording of the annual meeting below. You’ll be able to get an overview of our work in 2023 and learn more about what we’re working on this year. We discussed details about our education and...
March 6, 2024
Events
During this FREE online event, students will connect with some of the coolest and craziest freshwater creatures found in our local watershed. We will explore what watershed conservation looks like right here in our own backyards. In addition, we will also host a panel of scientists and professionals in the field to discuss careers in conservation science and watershed biology.
February 13, 2024
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Today is February 13th, otherwise known as Galentine’s Day. And it’s a great day to show appreciation for all the women in your life. At ORF, we’re extending that to some of our favorite freshwater females. There’s a complex and amazing love story...
January 18, 2024
Cincinnati Coffee Festival
Accepting submissions now through March 15, 2024 It’s time to combine your creativity and some caffeine for a great cause! The Cincinnati Coffee Festival is now accepting entries for the 2024 Poster Competition. This is a chance to get your artwork in front of...
January 11, 2024
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Funding is now available to help local communities in Ohio make road salt application and storage safer and more efficient. Every winter tons of road salt is spread on our roads and when that snow melts, that salt runs directly into our local waterways making the water toxic for mussels and other aquatic life, and polluting our drinking water.
December 15, 2023
Newsletter
The digital version of our 2023 River Waves Newsletter is now available! This year we continued to build on the successes of 2022, working on behalf of the millions of people who call the Ohio River watershed home. All facets of our program work achieved results that...
December 1, 2023
ORF in the News
By Jacalyn Carfagno – Kentucky Lantern/WKMS In the early years of this nation and state, settlers built small dams on rivers and streams to capture waterpower for mills, enable navigation and assure a water supply. In the middle part of the last century even...
November 30, 2023
Press Release
Under its Save Our Parks program and its work as coordinator for the 22-county Ohio River Valley Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ORV CISMA), Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is poised to expand its existing relationships with local communities by providing...
October 17, 2023
Updates
On Oct. 17, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially removed 21 species from the endangered species list. Unfortunately, these species have been removed not because they have recovered but because they are officially being declared extinct. Eight of these...
September 9, 2023
ORF in the News
Educators are encouraged to submit applications for the 2023-24 school year By Megan Alley, Sun Editor The Ohio River Foundation is offering its hands-on, science, technology, engineering, and math environmental education programs to area students again this year, and...
August 20, 2023
Cincinnati Coffee Festival
The Midwest’s premier coffee festival returns to Music Hall October 21-22, 2023 One of Cincinnati’s favorite festivals is returning this fall. Tickets are now on sale for the Cincinnati Coffee Festival benefiting Ohio River Foundation. The sixth annual Cincinnati...
August 15, 2023
Press Release
ORV CISMA awarded grants from Duke Energy Foundation and L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation to continue invasive plant species removal
