Now it’s our turn to fight for these lands
By Jared Mott, Conservation Director, Izaak Walton League — The trigger broke just before I expected it, exactly how you want it to. A hundred and sixty-eight yards in front…
Meet a Monitor: Aisha and Sasha
Sasha and Aisha, sixth-grade students in the Roberto Clemente Math, Science and Computer Science magnet program, conducted an investigation into how proximity to roadways influences water pollution in local lakes.…
‘Iowans across the state asked to conserve water due to dry wells, high nitrate levels’
Residents in Central Iowa have been placed under a first-of-its-kind lawn watering ban in response to stress on the water utilities from nitrate pollution in water sources. Data and insight…
Volunteers detect nitrate on the rise in waters nationwide
Nitrate Watch volunteers have been busy in 2025 and their data is starting to paint a picture. What does the data show us? Nitrate concentrations are steadily climbing in surface…
Meet a Monitor: Ashley Garrison
It’s time to meet another one of our Save Our Streams monitoring volunteers! This time, we’re hearing from Ashley Garrison, a newly certified SOS volunteer in Tennessee. Ashley is a…
Meet a Monitor: Alyvia
Alyvia (Liv) is an aspiring Egyptologist and a 6th grader at St Michael-St. Clement School in Maryland. In April 2025, Liv participated in her school’s science fair incorporating Salt Watch…
‘A salt crisis is looming for U.S. rivers’
Salt Watch staff and partners interviewed with reporter Kasha Patel from The Washington Post to discuss regional and nationwide chloride testing results and issues related to road salt pollution. One…
League staff featured in NPR article on how government and non-profit agencies assess stream health in Virginia
The League’s Samantha Puckett and Matthew Kierce led a Virginia Save Our Streams benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring demonstration at the Choose Clean Water Conference in May 2025. They are featured in…
A dust storm hit close to home. Congress is behind on the bill that could help.
Kate Hansen As the League’s Agriculture Program Director, I think about soil more than the average person. It has never felt more personal than last month, when my spouse and…
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.