Virginia Save Our Streams receives 2026 RES EcoGuardian Award
RES, the nation’s largest ecological restoration company, selects environmental nonprofits to honor each Earth Day through their EcoGuardian Award. Winners are organizations making a meaningful impact on the environment by…
Meet a Monitor: Phillip Mariscal
Phillip Mariscal says joining the Izaak Walton League Rockville Chapter was the best decision he ever made.
Meet a Monitor: Keith Hanson
By: Heather Wilson, Save Our Streams Coordinator Keith Hanson has always been drawn to water. Growing up in the land of ten thousand lakes, “water was always around.” As a…
Meet a Monitor: Fred Bailey
Fred Bailey first joined the Izaak Walton League because he was looking for a shooting range in his area, and a Google search brought him to the Arlington-Fairfax Chapter in northern Virginia…
Meet a Monitor: Caroline van Schaik
By: Heather Wilson, Save Our Streams Coordinator Caroline van Schaik is a Save Our Streams volunteer and a force for clean water in southeast Minnesota. For over 5 years, Caroline…
From Greens to Streams: Can less fertilizer become par for the course?
By: Maggie Dombroski, Mid-Atlantic Save Our Streams Coordinator An unnamed tributary of Indian Creek, which feeds into Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake, has been monitored by Virginia Save Our Streams (VA…
Meet a Monitor: Catherine Pierce & Erica Lyon
By: Maggie Dombroski, Mid-Atlantic Save Our Streams Coordinator Catherine Pierce and Erica Lyon conduct Virginia Save Our Streams (VA SOS), Salt Watch, and Nitrate Watch monitoring in the Henrico County,…
Meet a Monitor: Ashley Garrison
By: Heather Wilson, Save Our Streams Coordinator 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…
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…
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.