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...
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,...
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...
