2026: VA SOS’s Biggest Spring Yet
Check out the results of the Spring 2026 VA SOS monitoring season, plus a leaderboard of the top sites, groups, and volunteers.
PBS Will Air Documentary about an Early League Leader
Gene Stratton-Porter was probably the League’s most famous and influential booster during our first two years. She was a successful novelist, film producer and conservationist who lent her full-throated support…
Rep. Betty McCollum, Mike Dombeck, Conservation Experts Address Izaak Walton League of America Annual Convention, Bloomington, Minn. July 16-18
Gaithersburg, Md., July 8, 2026—–Rep. Betty McCollum, former U.S. Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck, former Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Richie, Boundary Waters champion Becky Rom and Young IKES podcaster…
Meet a Monitor: Paityn and Mackenzie
By: Abby Hileman, Salt Watch Coordinator The Izaak Walton League of America has been working to conserve habitats for future generations since 1922. Over a century later, a new generation…
‘Buchanan trio earns Save Our Streams certification’
This article from Chad Cooper of The Virginia Mountaineer highlights a recent Virginia Save Our Streams (VA SOS) training held in Buchanan County, Virginia. The VA SOS monitor trainers certified…
What is in Store for Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week
When you pour a glass of water from the kitchen tap or watch a local stream ripple by, you assume it’s clean if it looks clear. But there is a…
A Variety of Programs Attract Kids to Outdoor Traditions
By: Bruce Ingram, Field Editor – Outdoor America magazine, Issue 2 2026 Virginia’s Scott Barrier, who has been a member of the League’s Roanoke Valley Chapter for some 15 years,…
Meet a Monitor: Butch Morris
Butch Morris, a member of the Fredericksburg-Rappahannock Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, started by teaching students about macroinvertebrates in the 70’s. Now he leads his chapter’s Save Our Streams monitoring.
Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week, July 26-August 1, 2026 Tip Sheet
During Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week, July 26-August 1, 2026, experts and clean water advocates will discuss the dimensions of the threat to drinking water and the environment as well as…
Your kit will include a bottle containing 25 nitrate test strips which you can use to test your water source(s) throughout the year. You’ll also receive postcards explaining how to use your nitrate test strips and how to share your Nitrate Watch results on the Clean Water Hub.
Your kit will include four test strips so you can test your waterway throughout the season. You’ll also receive a chart to help you interpret your results and a postcard with instructions for completing a Salt Watch test and reporting your findings.