August 2, 2024
Local Students Learn about Conservation Careers from Pros Through a Week of Adventure Exploring the Ohio River and its Tributaries

Local Students Learn about Conservation Careers from Pros Through a Week of Adventure Exploring the Ohio River and its Tributaries

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). 

May 7, 2024
Ohio River Foundation Raises More than $21,000 at  Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Ohio River Foundation Raises More than $21,000 at Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival

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 11, 2024
EPA Sets First-ever Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water

EPA Sets First-ever Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water

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...
THE IMPACT

Your Donation Makes a Big Impact

  • $25 can provide food for the freshwater mussel “ambassadors” we use in our Mussels in the Classroom program.
  • $100 can buy water quality equipment to enable us to identify pollution problems.
  • $500 can help 50 students be River Explorers for a day of learning in a river or creek.
  • $1,000 can plant 100 native trees to restore critical habitat and help keep our water clean.