Better Together Challenge with Jack Johnson's All At Once Community
Last month, Protect Our Rivers and Jack Johnson’s All At Once Community launched the “Better Together Cleanup Challenge.” Inspired by...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Jun 6
- 4 min
River Trip Round-Up: Must-Haves from the River Community
Planning for river trips is always a task, and each trip requires planning and creativity. We asked some of our partners about their...
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Protect Our Rivers
- May 11
- 3 min
Yakoda's Fly Fishing Tips to Protect Our Rivers
Yakoda Supply is one of our Founding Partners and shares our love for both rivers and the wild fish that swim within them. As more river...
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Protect Our Rivers
- May 5
- 4 min
Raising Kids on River Time
Somewhere in the middle of my lukewarm, “last call” coffee we pushed off the beach for Day 4 on the Green River through Desolation...
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Protect Our Rivers
- May 4
- 3 min
Yakoda Supply will support, inspire, and educate as the 5th Founding Partner of Protect Our Rivers
In a total state of relaxation, I watched friends cast off their boats into the crystal clear water that flows below Flaming Gorge Dam....
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Protect Our Rivers
- Apr 7
- 2 min
15th Annual South Platte River Cleanup
We are excited to announce that Protect Our Rivers is hosting the 15th annual Community South Platte Cleanup on Saturday, April 30th, in...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Mar 28
- 3 min
A Funny Raccoon and Why We Do So Many Cleanups
Last month, we woke up to a raccoon sitting on the hood of our Jeep Cherokee with a small tin bucket stuck on his head. Yes, at first we...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Kokopelli joins us as a Founding Partner and Leader in Protection
Our team is excited to welcome Kokopelli as the newest Founding Partner or Protect Our Rivers! For those of you who aren't familiar with...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Down River Equipment Launches Rafting Community Program to Help Families Impacted by Marshall Fires
Down River Equipment just launched a Rafting Community Program to rafters affected by the Marshall Fire that devastated Boulder County...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Ways to Support Ukraine
Our Executive Director's step-brother, Shaun, has served in the Peace Corps for the past couple of years, teaching English to Ukraine...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Jan 22
- 5 min
Top River Reads Epic Tales of Adventure, History, and Grit.
We rounded up a list of favorite river-inspired books from mentors, partners, and friends in the river community. They are unique,...
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Michele Crockett
- Jan 13
- 4 min
Guest Post by RiverBent - Protect Our Rivers Gets Feet Wet and Hands Dirty to Protect Waterways
This is a guest post written by Michele Crockett at RiverBent. One of Sarah Nelson’s favorite days since founding the river conservation...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Rocky Mountain Rafts Joins us as a Founding Partner
Rivers run through some of the most beautiful places in the entire world, national parks, wildlife habitats, and stunning towering...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
Voyage Denver: Meet Sarah Nelson of Protect Our Rivers
Executive Director Sarah Nelson was featured in Voyage Denver Magazine. Here are a couple of snippets from the interview. To read the...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Astral and Protect Our Rivers Announce a Nationwide Cleanup Effort to Clean Up the Outdoors
Photo Credit: Jessica Cuneo Photography Protect Our Rivers and Astral are rallying their community of adventurers to participate in a...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
Composting: An easy way to protect our planet
This year we partnered with Compost Colorado, who have been incredible partners in cleaning up our waterways and educating us about all...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
Protect Our Rivers and Protect Yourself by Avoiding Sunscreens with These Ingredients
It's estimated that 10,000 tons of sunscreen end up in riverways in the U.S. every single year. Preventing this from happening is a bit...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
9 News: Protect Our Rivers
Check out this short video to hear what our Executive Director, Sarah Nelson envisions for the future of Protect Our Rivers in an...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Jul 12, 2021
- 4 min
Ways we can protect our rivers & contribute to river communities
More and more people are getting on the river and we couldn't be more excited to welcome new people into the river community! Whether...
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Protect Our Rivers
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
River Trippin' in 2021
This season is an unusual one, it felt like spring came late, and the lack of runoff makes it even trickier to run certain sections in...
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