Make a Difference. Help Protect Our Rivers!

It's so easy to ignore critical issues in our world and expect someone else to do it. We are risking losing so many of our rivers. Protect Our Rivers does not turn away, they lean into our issues and seek to make an active change. Through regular cleanups and educational events P.O.R provides a fun and exciting environment where you can make a difference and meet some incredible people and lifelong friends. Whether you actively utilize our rivers or not, our rivers impact all of us. Please help support this wonderful organization for all our benefit.  

Protect Our Rivers is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that works to make a

lasting impact on river health through active conservation, education and access. They

organize 40+ cleanups each year, where volunteers come together to remove trash

from rivers across Colorado and beyond. They also provide hands-on educational tools

to teach young river stewards about micro-trash and pollution, rural and urban

watersheds, river health, river conservation, and responsible recreation.

In the short time since the organization was founded, they have accomplished some

amazing things.

• Since mid-2021, Protect Our Rivers has planned and organized 70 river cleanup

events across Colorado, Montana, Utah and West Virginia to remove over 45,000

pounds of trash from rivers, streams, and nearby parks.

• In 2022, Protect Our Rivers increased the amount of trash collected at cleanups that

is diverted from landfills by 70% through composting and recycling resources.

• In 2022, Protect Our Rivers interacted with 5,020 people at a cleanup event or other

interactive learning event and shared valuable information about watershed

conservation, river ecosystem health, or human-caused problems like pollution.

• In 2022, we helped educate over 300 young river stewards about point source and

nonpoint source pollution through interactive watershed model demonstrations.

• In partnership with Down River Equipment (a local rafting store), Protect Our Rivers

developed and distributed river recreation cards to help educate new river runners on

ways to minimize their environmental impact, Leave No Trace, and recreate on rivers

responsibly.