The Ohio River Valley Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ORV CISMA) wants to get aggressive against a harmful environmental threat – invasive plant species. The organization wants to remove a million invasives by the end of the year. “We think...
Every 100 years, Cincinnati botanists survey the plant landscape. The results show nonnative invasive species are thriving, and that means many native plants are not. University of Cincinnati Biology Professor Denis Conover and his co-author Robert Bergstein...
ORV CISMA is targeting harmful invasive plants such as Honeysuckle and Callery Pear for removal The Ohio River Valley Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ORV CISMA) announces its efforts to go on an aggressive offensive against a harmful environmental threat...
The US EPA says that drinking water is only safe to consume if it contains less than 2,000 parts per trillion of PFBS and 10 ppt of GenX. The new levels are 4 parts per quadrillion for PFOA and 20 ppq for PFOS. According to Ohio River Foundation Executive Director...
Complete list of films now available; environmental film festival to take place on Friday, June 10 at the Woodward Theater and virtually Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is bringing one of the largest environmental film festivals in North America back to Cincinnati. The...
Cincinnati-based nonprofit encourage area educators to submit applications for Mussels in the Classroom and River Explorer programs for the 2022-23 school year Purple warty backs? Pyramid pigtoes? Monkeyfaces? No, not fictitious creatures from a fantasy novel, just...
Earth Month may be coming to a close, but the work doesn’t stop there. There are many ways to get involved and make a positive impact on the environment – right here in the Tri-state. Ohio River Foundation’s (ORF) habitat restoration programming (creating healthy and...
Environmental film festival to take place on Friday, June 10 at the Woodward Theater Ohio River Foundation 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...
Historic Owensboro, Kentucky distillery helps protect Ohio River Watershed through 1% for the Planet program Green River Distilling Co., the 10th oldest distillery in the state of Kentucky and distiller of Green River Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, today announced...
Habitat restoration initiative is designed to restore, protect, and create natural areas in Deerfield Township; efforts are now underway for 2022 As part of a multi-year effort, Deerfield Township is partnering with Ohio River Foundation (ORF) to encourage native...
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) a Cincinnati-based nonprofit with successful programs dedicated to protecting and improving the water quality and ecology of the Ohio River and its watershed is pleased to announce it has received a $25,000 grant from the Charles H. Dater...
Fifth annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival benefiting Cincinnati non-profit Ohio River Foundation returns to Music Hall October 22-23 CINCINNATI – The fifth annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival returns to Music Hall this fall. The event, which has grown to be the largest...
EPA decision may impact Tanner’s Creek plant, too By: Paula Christian, WCPO NEW RICHMOND, Ohio — The U.S. EPA is asking for better environmental cleanup of the former Walter C. Beckjord coal power plant site near New Richmond. This comes after WCPO investigated...
The Ohio River Foundation (ORF), Summit Park employees, and community volunteers worked together last year to remove more than 40,000 invasive plants at Summit Park, and plan to continue to expand that work this year. An invasive plant species is a non-native plant...
CINCINNATI– The Ohio River Valley Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ORV CISMA) is getting a big boost as it works to turn back honeysuckle and other invasive plants and trees from overrunning the Tri-State. The ORV CISMA is a coalition of nonprofits,...
CINCINNATI—The Cincinnati Coffee Festival is now accepting entries for the 2022 Poster Competition. This is a chance to get your artwork in front of thousands of people and support the coffee and tea community in Cincinnati. The winner will receive: 2 tickets to the...
In 2021 the Ohio River Foundation team continued to build out our 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 more than 25 million people. This year...
CINCINNATI — Ohio River Foundation (ORF) is pleased to announce that Bethany Miller has joined the ORF team as the development and communications manager. Miller will be leading ORF membership and corporate relationship development. She will also be responsible...
CINCINNATI — Ohio River Foundation is pleased to announce that Jessica Tegge has been promoted to a full-time position with ORF as restoration program manager. A passionate environment teacher, Tegge started with ORF’s River Explorer education program....
CINCINNATI — The 2021 Cincinnati Coffee Festival was a tremendous success with thousands of guests attending the event from October 22 to 24 at Cincinnati’s Music Hall. A fundraiser for the Ohio River Foundation, the Cincinnati Coffee Festival raised more than...
Thanks to the work of ORF senior educator and chief scientist Bernie Moller, ORF mussels have a second home. Their primary residence (when they’re not in school classrooms) needed a renovation. So, we built them a Mussel Motel. This second home in a lake in Greater...
