Waterkeeper's Little Seedlings Nature Preschool began this month. This nature preschool is its first of its kind in the City of Riverside. Our Little seedlings are enjoying learning about the wonderful world of animals and insects around them.  

Over 500 Volunteer attended the Annual Santa Ana River & Waterways Cleanup on September 30th. Community volunteers and organizations throughout the city came together to make a positive impact on their local waterways with 16 sites across the city.  

(Riverside, CA) – A coalition of Inland Empire citizen and environmental groups today called on the area’s state legislators to support a package of bills designed to protect the region’s water and natural resources from federal attempts to weaken environmental safeguards.

The Inland Empire Waterkeeper, the Riverside-based grassroots nonprofit water quality group, joined by the Hispanic Access Foundation and the Vet Voice Foundation, called on Assembly members Jose Medina (R-Riverside), Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside), Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Eloise Gomez Reyes (D-San Bernardino), GOP leader Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley), Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), and Freddie Rodriguez (D-Pomona) to support the “Preserve California” package pending in the state legislature.

Celebrate Earth Month by donating to Waterkeeper! Donate to Waterkeeper during the month of April and we’ll send you a free thank-you gift for your support. Together we can save our waterways. Waterkeeper averages 16,000 pounds of trash removed from the Santa Ana River and 600 students engaged in K-12 educational trip fields each year! We also conduct weekly water quality testing at local sites. Our programs are aimed to advocate, educate, research and enforce regulations of the Santa Ana Watershed. Donate to Waterkeeper and make a difference. 

This month has been exceptionally busy with many field trips to beautiful destinations in the Upper Santa Ana River Watershed for underserved schools in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

Waterkeeper expands partnerships in San Bernardino County by joining Inland Empire Resource Conservation District and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Trout in the Classroom program which in their pilot program, selected the AP Environmental Science class of Etiwanda High.

Earlier this month, Waterkeeper staff and the Stream Team conducted site checks throughout San Bernardino County to expand water quality testing sites, field trip destinations, and potential waterway cleanups.

The wet season has come to California in a big and wonderful way. The new year has been filled with pouring rain which has improved Southern California's drought status. Overall, 42% of California is now out of the drought, however, stormwater pollution is a concern when it begins to rain. 

Summer is fast approaching and that can only mean one thing: RIVERCAMP! Yes, Rivercamp! This year Rivercamp not only has added a second week but scholarships and goodies for Rivercampers as well! Learn how you can also send an under-served child to Rivercamp for free!

Give the gift of clean water this holiday season! Together we can save our waterways. Waterkeeper averages 16,000 pounds of trash removed from the Santa Ana River and 600 students engaged in K-12 educational trip fields each year! We also conduct weekly water quality testing at local sites. Our programs are aimed to advocate, educate, research and enforce regulations of the Santa Ana Watershed. Donate to Waterkeeper and make a difference. We’ll send you a free thank-you gift for your support.