Clean Water

Citizen involvement in watershed protection and conservation activities has proven to have measurable, positive results on the quality of our nation's waters. Today, more than ever, citizen involvement is critical to the protection and restoration of America's waters. Recognizing the importance of the work you do, we provide tools and resources to help you conserve local waterways.

Save Our Streams
Save Our Streams (SOS) conserves America’s waters through stream monitoring, clean-ups, restoration, and buffer plantings. Find everything you need to start a stream monitoring or restoration project. 

REGIONAL ISSUES
Chesapeake Bay: The League is working to protect and restore this national treasure through citizen engagement and advocacy for strong pollution reduction and restoration strategies.

Great Lakes: The League's Restore Our Great Lakes Program educates and advocates for restoration of our beautiful Great Lakes. Our current focus is stopping aquatic invasive species. Learn more about how you can help us protect and restore this national treasure.

Missouri River: The League has established an initiative dedicated to promoting conservation of the Missouri River resources and watershed within the tri-state region of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

Upper Mississipi River: The Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB) has been a focal point of League efforts since our founding in 1922. From driving the creation of the Upper Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Refuge in 1924 to the establishment in 1984 of a permanent UMRB office charged with river protection and agricultural conservation, the course plotted by the League has followed the great river.