Love Your River
When you love something, you appreciate and enjoy it, care for it and protect it. Our rivers need some love.
When you love something, you appreciate and enjoy it, care for it and protect it. Our rivers need some love. Every one of Oregon's major rivers fails water quality tests designed to protect human health and fish and wildlife. We can change that. Love Your River unites Oregonians working for clean and healthy rivers.
Take the current challenge: Go toxic-free in the garden
Got pesky slugs? Ants? Weeds? Protect the health of your family, pets, and the environment by taking on garden intruders without toxic chemicals. Pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides can harm people and pets and pollute the environment.
Homeowners use more chemical fertilizers and pesticides per acre than farmers do. Those excess toxic chemicals get carried into rivers and streams when it rains, polluting our rivers and threatening our fish. Whether you’re a beginner, experienced, or advanced at green gardening, we’ve got an action you can take to make your yard river-friendly.
You could win a $50 gift certificate to Dennis 7 Dees Garden Centers—a reward for pledging to make your garden toxic-free.
Pledge to do your part:
- Choose safer alternatives to garden chemicals
- Make your home and garden a pesticide free zone
- Certify your sustainable yard
How clean is your river?
Learn about your favorite Oregon rivers, and find out which one is "yours."
Get with the program
Join the Love Your River email list to find out when a new challenge is posted. Be sure to learn about your watershed and other Oregon rivers while you’re here.
Thank you sponsors!
Thank you to the sponsors who make the Love Your River program possible, and to all the local businesses who donated prizes.
Past monthly challenges
Be sure to check out all the past monthly challenges. The prize is no longer available, but you can still love your river for all the right reasons.
photo credit: tree planting by Chijo Takeda
