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Meet a Monitor: Nishka Shah

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Welcome to our new “Meet a Monitor” blog series , where we’ll spotlight some of our amazing Save Our Streams monitors. If you’d like to nominate yourself or another monitor…

Tackling chloride pollution in the DC region: When ice melts, road salt lingers

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Road salt applicators in the public and private sectors apply an estimated 20-30 million tons of salt to pavement in the U.S. to treat ice each year. This salt persists…

Winter Salt Awareness Week Reaches Volunteers across the U.S.

In January, groups across the U.S. and Canada held discussions to raise awareness about the dangers of and solutions to road salt pollution during Winter Salt Awareness Week. Abby Hileman,…

Salt Storage Solutions: Why Proper Road Salt Storage Matters for the Environment

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As winter and freezing weather are ahead, there are a lot of preparations to be made. We homeowners may give a glance at the snow shovel when we start tidying…

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: A Win for Both Volunteers and Local Decision-Makers

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When volunteers with the Izaak Walton League’s Virginia Save Our Streams (VA SOS) program in Christiansburg, Virginia, reached out to the town’s Environmental Program Supervisor, Patricia Colatosti, about monitoring water…

News from the Missouri River Initiative: August 2024

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By Paul Lepisto The “Mighty Mo,” America’s longest river, flows past communities in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri – plus it receives water from Wyoming,…

Seeking the Source: What Could Be Causing Salt Pollution in the Spring?

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When we see chloride spikes in the wintertime, it confirms our suspicions that road salt is in fact contributing to chloride pollution in local waterways. Chloride can linger or persist…

For the Sake of Clean Drinking Water, Pass a Better Farm Bill

Our natural resources connect us all—the water we drink, the climate we live in, the outdoors we enjoy. In the face of water quality concerns, a changing climate and more,…

The Spring Flush: Why are nitrate concentrations higher in the spring?

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April showers bring… polluted runoff? Unfortunately, this is the case in many parts of the United States. The results can be dangerous. Waterways often see peak nitrate concentrations in the…

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