Ohio River Foundation completed a large-scale restoration project thanks to $50K Global Water Challenge and Cargill Grant. ORF planted more than 15,000 live stakes along Great Miami River tributary which will grow into trees that help prevent stream banks from...
Cincinnati-based nonprofit encourages area educators to submit applications for Mussels in the Classroom and River Explorer programs for the 2023-24 school year.
Most people don’t know what a freshwater mussel is, much less consider them to be rockstars. More than likely if you’ve ever seen a mussel in the wild you’ve overlooked it as just another rock at the bottom of the stream. Mussels have us all fooled. Prepare to be...
This June, 13 local high school students participated in an intensive week-long course about aquatic science and watershed conservation presented by the Ohio River Foundation. Students traveled all over the greater Cincinnati area learning how to assess the health of...
By Nathalia Teixeira – Ohio News Connection The process of cleaning water so humans can use it is demanding. Organizations such as the Ohio EPA operate to certify the water quality is drinkable and usable for our daily tasks. But as citizens, we are also...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett vs. EPA dealt a major blow to the Clean Water Act, placing in jeopardy millions of acres of wetlands and all people and wildlife that depend on these waterbodies for flood protection, sustenance, and other ecological...
