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A TRIBUTE TO OUR 2025 PARTNERS
We believe there's incredible power in collective action, and our 2025 partnerships have proven that! With the collaborations of these organizations, we've made a massive impact on rivers around the United States so far this year. To honor our partners on World Rivers Day, we've created an Impact Award that celebrates their hard work and dedication to our world's rivers.
GOOD LUCK TO OUR NOMINEES

Chippewa Nature Center
Home to the Rivers are Life sponsored sturgeon who participated in the Sturgeon in the Classroom Program.

Living Lands & Waters
Hosts of the annual Alternative Spring Break program that gets college students out to McKellar Lake in Memphis, TN for a month-long cleanup.

LSU Center for River Studies
We're lucky to partner with LSU Center for River Studies throughout the years on a variety of projects including international river studies, hands-on student projects, and collaboration with river experts.

Ijams Nature Center

Little Forks Conservancy

Friends of the St. Clair River
Hosts of the Sturgeon Festival, where we got to tag lake sturgeon alongside the Michigan DNR in an effort to revitalize local populations.

Gulf of Alaska Keeper
Hosts of the Montague Island Cleanup, where crew and volunteers work together to reset an uninhabited island to it's natural state.

Trout Unlimited Expeditions
Trout Unlimited Expeditions are committed to educating the next generation of river activists with boots-on-the-ground efforts each summer.

Upper Missouri Waterkeeper
This year, we're proud to support work being done to defend clean, healthy waterways across Montana through our whiskey collaboration with Wildrye Distilling.

Friends of the Fox River
River Heroes highlighted in the film Watershed Warriors, which forms the foundation of the Watershed Warriors Lesson Plan, coming to classrooms in the fall of 2025.
GOOD LUCK TO OUR PARTNERS










