Love Your River

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: Household toxic trash

You know how it goes—you’re not sure what to do with a household product that might be too hazardous to put in the garbage can, so it just ends up collecting dust in your garage or basement. Any responsible river-lover wants to make sure they don’t dispose of something improperly. Get the scoop on what to do with some of the most puzzling household toxic trash in this Love Your River challenge—and safely get that stuff out of your house before it breaks or spills.

Take this challenge and you could win a daypack from REI.

Pledge to do your part:

• Learn what goes where
• Clear out your nasty stuff
• Think before you buy

How clean is your river?

Learn about your favorite Oregon rivers, and find out which one is "yours."

Get with the program

Every other month we feature one of the important ways our daily choices affect our rivers, and some simple steps you can take to love your river. Take action on the challenge and you'll be entered in a prize drawing for that challenge. See contest rules for details.

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.