Save The River

10/16/2026

📸 Save The River's Annual Calendar Photo Contest is BACK!

Have a favorite photo of the St. Lawrence River? We want to see it!

From breathtaking sunsets and seasonal landscapes to the wildlife that call the River home, we're inviting you to share. your favorite moments on the St. Lawrence for a chance to be featured in our upcoming calendar.

Swipe through to see some of the incredible moments captured by our community last year! 🤩

Ready to enter? Check out the link in the comments below to upload your photos and for more details.

We can't wait to see the River through your lens! 🌊🚢

10/13/2026

🚤 Putting your boat away for the season? Give our waterways a little extra protection first.

Aquatic invasive species can hitch a ride on boats, trailers, and boating equipment, potentially spreading into new waters.

Before storing your vessel:
🧽 Remove visible plants, mud, and other material.
💧 Drain water from the boat and its compartments.
☀️ Clean and dry your equipment thoroughly.

These simple steps help protect the waters we all enjoy. 💙

Learn more about New York’s Clean. Drain. Dry. guidance through the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

10/12/2026

A river is only as strong as the lakes that flow into it. 💧

The St. Lawrence begins at the end of the Great Lakes, so everything that happens upstream, from toxic cleanups to invasive species, eventually reaches the SLR shoreline.

Congress has made progress toward extending the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, but the work isn’t finished. Our friends at Alliance for the Great Lakes are asking for help to keep Great Lakes protection firmly a priority.

Core objectives of the initiative include restoring habitat, reducing pollution, improving water infrastructure and protecting against invasive species.

Add your voice to 3,500+ others through the Alliance for the Great Lakes by following the link and letting your representatives know how important Great Lakes protection is to you!

I just contacted Congress. Join me!

10/09/2026

Thank you to WPBS-TV for featuring our Executive Director, Bridget Wright, in this conversation about climate change, its impact on the Saint Lawrence River, and the importance of working with nature to protect the wetlands and waterways across the Saint Lawrence River Basin. 🌿

🗣️ A special shoutout to our musky anglers for treating these remarkable fish with care and embracing our Catch and Release program. We appreciate everyone helping to safeguard the river and all that dwells within! 🐟💙

Sometimes the impacts of climate change are easy to see, other time...

10/06/2026

Save the River is heading to the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center + Friends at Wellesley Island State Park this Saturday, October 10th, for their 47th Annual Autumn Festival!

Come find our table and test your aim at the Heron Ring Toss, pick up some swag, and learn how easy it is to become a member.

Have questions about the river or how to help? Stop by our table, where our team will be waiting to help you find your place in preserving, restoring, and protecting the Upper Saint Lawrence River! 💙🦦🌅

Looking forward to our great Autumn Festival! Rain or shine!

09/26/2026

For this edition of St. Lawrence Saturday, we're featuring the Thousand Islands Railway!

In 1884, the Thousand Islands Railway was a tiny, six-mile train line. For travelers and vacationers arriving by ferry from Clayton, NY this railway served as the gateway into the Canadian islands during the height of the Gilded Age resort boom.

Running the line required some impressive engineering. To cross the Gananoque River, the railway used a massive 120-foot swing bridge with zero automated machinery. Instead, two crew members had to insert long poles into the center mechanism and walk in circles just to manually push the heavy iron bridge open and closed! Locals also had their own unique traditions, using a roadside shelter known as "The Umbrella" as an informal mail stop where the passing train conductor could lean out and snag letters on the fly.

While the tracks are long gone, this piece of cross-border history shows just how deeply connected our river communities have always been. If you have any historic photos or little-known facts, send us a message!

09/23/2026

𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

The Lakeside Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is the U.S.–Canadian ecosystem management plan for Lake Ontario, and importantly for Save The River, its geographic scope explicitly includes the St. Lawrence River to the international boundary. It is intended to guide government agencies, Indigenous governments, NGOs, scientists, communities, and the public in protecting water quality and ecosystem health.

The draft LAMP was developed by the Lake Ontario Partnership, a collaborative team of natural resource managers led by the governments of the United States and Canada, in cooperation and consultation with state and provincial governments, Tribal governments, First Nations, municipal governments, and watershed management agencies.

United States GLEC Secretariat | Great Lakes National Program Office - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments on the draft LAMP by September 25, 2026.

Save The River has created a summary of the 48 page document that can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/keng15ts4acwhzhr95kvs/LAMP-summary.pdf?rlkey=9e7vu6y3bvccp31po2qui3le4&st=07kehxzd&dl=0.

A link to the draft LAMP for review and to submit your thoughts can be found in the comments.

09/18/2026

A massive fuel spill at a data center in New Jersey leaked 5000 gallons of diesel fuel into wetlands in Secaucus, New Jersey this past week. Damage to water quality, animal and plant life has not yet been determined. It’s blamed on computer glitch. Perhaps… this is the exact reason rushing to build data centers all over the country next to our water sources need to be paused through a moratorium. Once again we have a case of “act first, apologize later.” The St. Lawrence River does not want any more apologies or any more pollutants.

Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled from an AI data center​ in Secaucus, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said.