Choose your water. Pick your badge. Pack it in, pack it out, and leave the river cleaner than you found it.
Arkansas whitewater, Colorado River canyon country, and no free rides for mussels or trash.
Shifting Snake River channels, Bighorn Canyon walls, and inspection stations you do not drive past.
Upper Missouri Breaks, remote Flathead water, and every scrap of camp gear coming home with you.
The free-flowing Missouri, big Lake Oahe water, and no excuses for mud, plants, or litter.
Au Sable canoe country, cold Superior water, and a PFD worn before George has to grumble.
Lower Wisconsin sandbars, Apostle Islands stone, and a clean boat between every waterbody.
Thirty-five state water trails, forty-five hundred miles, one Mississippi starting at Lake Itasca. Pull your drain plug before you leave. Rivers remember.
Middle Fork Salmon since 1968, Wild and Scenic Snake in Hells Canyon. Stop at every inspection station. No mussels ride with me.
Green and Colorado run to the Confluence, then Cataract gets loud. Pack out every bit of waste. Take the mussel-aware course.
Colorado through Grand Canyon needs a permit; Lower Salt bans glass. Carry your waste out. Desert rivers do not forgive litterbugs.
Seventy-four miles of Rio Grande gorge and a Rio Chama sandstone canyon. Register before you launch, pull the plug, and pack out what you packed in.
More than 290 square miles of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, plus Tahoe's east shore. Your canoe needs Nevada's invasive species decal. Clean, drain, dry.
Tomales Bay is California's largest unspoiled coastal embayment, and Merced sections open by gage height. Golden mussel is here, so clean, drain and dry everything.
Eighty-four Wild and Scenic Rogue miles, a year-round Lower Deschutes Boater Pass, and a 2026 Waterway Access Permit for paddlecraft. Sort the paperwork, then float clean.
Cold saltwater, big tides, and quiet bays: Washington paddling gear for folks who leave Puget Sound cleaner than the tide found it.
Lakes, portages, and water cold enough to keep score: Alaska paddling gear for canoe haulers who register, wear the jacket, and pack it out.
Reef, bay, and river valley: Hawaii paddling gear for people who keep their paddles off the coral and their trash out of the water.
Spring-fed Hill Country runs and slow Colorado bends: Texas paddling gear for paddlers who drain the boat and leave no glass behind.
Illinois River water and Arbuckles lake country: Oklahoma paddlers protect the habitat and haul every scrap back home.
One hundred seventy-four Kansas River miles, three navigable rivers, and no free rides for mussels. Clean, drain, dry.
Niobrara floats and Smith Falls stops: Nebraska paddlers clean, drain, dry, and pack out what they packed in.
Missouri current, Sakakawea wind, and Little Missouri solitude: North Dakota paddlers check conditions and leave no trace.
Upper Iowa rock outcrops and Des Moines River miles: inspect, drain, dry, and haul every scrap home.
Meramec floats, Big Niangua bends, and no free rides for zebra mussels. Clean, drain, dry.
One hundred fifty-one free-flowing Buffalo miles: check levels, clean your gear, and pack out the rest.
Atchafalaya water and bayou country: inspect, drain, dry, and never give invasive plants a ride.
Bear Creek's float is seasonal. My patience isn't.
Cahaba runs free. Sipsey runs quiet. Your trash runs home with you.
Hiwassee moves fast. Harpeth bends easy. Your trash still rides home.
Check the Elkhorn gauge. Keep every Green River sandbar clean.
West Virginia — 53 free-flowing miles of New River, and eleven water trails that end up cleaner or dirtier because of you.
Virginia — from the New River at Foster Falls to the tidal Potomac, clean, drain, dry, then go.
North Carolina — 115 blackwater miles on the Lumber, 215 on the Roanoke, zero excuses for litter.
South Carolina — Cedar Creek's fifteen wilderness miles, the Edisto's blackwater, 295 miles of saltwater trail.
Georgia — Okefenokee dark water, Tallulah Gorge whitewater, and every scrap coming home.
Florida — Everglades mangroves to open Florida Bay: check tides, give wildlife room.
Ohio — Mohican River forest to Lake Erie horizon: life jacket on, conditions checked.
Indiana — dunes, inland water trails, current flow checked, low-head dams respected.
Rock River, Lower Cache country, Lake Michigan weather checked, life jacket on, trash home.
West Branch Susquehanna, Clarion, and Three Rivers: cold-weather life jacket worn, litter carried out.
St. Regis and Essex Chain water: clean, drain, dry before the next launch.
Champlain, Lamoille, and Connecticut River water: mud off, boat drained, five dry days before the next pond.
Umbagog and Pawtuckaway pieces — carry in, carry out, clean, drain, dry.
Allagash and Chase Rapids gear — first-aid kit packed, boat cleaned, drained, and dried.
Blackstone and Westfield East Branch pieces — strip every plant off the boat before you leave the ramp.
Wood River, Pawcatuck, and Blackstone gear — inspect, clean, drain, dry every trip.
Connecticut drop: Waramaug, Housatonic and Quinnipiac gear — Clean, Drain, Dry before you leave the launch.
New Jersey drop: Mullica, Batsto and Middle Delaware gear — life jacket on, Montague gauge checked.
Delaware drop: Nanticoke Water Trail and Trap Pond cypress gear — read the wind, tide and water level before you launch.
Maryland drop: Pocomoke cypress and Tangier Sound gear — one Coast Guard-approved life jacket per paddler, worn, not stowed.
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Only You Can Keep The Rivers Clean. — George