We will be at the Freshwater Folk Festival in White Sulphur Springs on Saturday Sept. 6th 10:00 - 3:00 pm with our beautiful t-shirts, hats, drybags and maps for sale. NEW this year, we will be raffling 2 painted rain barrels as part of our water conservation education program. This one rain barrel below (both photos are of one rain barrel, please see other post for the 2nd one offered) featured here was painted by Alderson Elementary School Students! Tickets for the raffle are $10 each, or 3 tickets for $25. We know what it's like when we are in a drought and many locals have a rain barrel handy to help water their gardens so come and take a chance! https://greenbrierwv.com/events/freshwater-folk-festival

This one rain barrel below (both photos are of one rain barrel, please see other post for the 2nd one offered) featured here was painted by Eastern Greenbrier Middle School Students! Tickets for the raffle are $10 each, or 3 tickets for $25. We know what it's like when we are in a drought and many locals have a rain barrel handy to help water their gardens so come and take a chance!

The GRWA will have kids activities at the Freshwater Folk Festival this Saturday, Sept. 6th from 10 am to 3 pm. Come and get free stickers, badges and native seed packets!

Come see us at Conservation Day! We will be there with a kids activity to do before the movie!

Something easy you can do to support the Greenbrier River Watershed Association - sign up for Kroger Rewards! It's easy to do and it costs you nothing extra. Please sign up today, & thank you!

Kayak Auction/ Sale


This beautiful 21 ft Skookumchuck Tandem Kayak has been donated to the GRWA in honor of a local river steward to be used for fundraising. We still have this beautiful kayak available for purchase! It has been valued at @$2000.00. Make us an offer, call 304-647-4792 or email greenbrierwatershed@gmail.com if you are interested. All proceeds will help us keep our watershed clean and healthy. Interested?

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Wanted: New Members

The Greenbrier River Watershed Association is dedicated to continuing our work to preserve and protect our unique environment. We need NEW members and hope YOU will consider joining us, OR please renew your current membership if you haven't yet for 2025. You will be supporting a busy group that monitors the Greenbrier River and it's tributaries, participates in educational events and gets out to pick up trash. Just scan the QR code and join. If you would like to volunteer, just let us know what your interest is. Also, you can join any committee without having to be a board member so if one of our committees matches your interest, just let us know. Thank you!

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WV Rivers ~ WV Rivers is the statewide voice for water-based recreation and clean, drinkable, swim-able, and fishable rivers and streams-from the headwaters to wherever water flows in West Virginia. 


Appalachian Voices ~ The Appalachian Voice has covered environmental, outdoor and cultural news in the Appalachian mountains since 1996. We provide thorough and well-researched journalistic news coverage to fit a niche not often covered by standard news media.


New River Conservancy ~ Protecting the water, woodlands and wildlife of the New River Watershed.


Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance ~ Protecting the heritage, resources and economy of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.


WV Environmental Council ~ Facilitate communication and cooperation among citizens in promoting environmental protection in West Virginia, to assist in organizing grass roots groups, to facilitate interaction among established environmental organizations, and to correspond with all appropriate local, state, and federal agencies involved in the management of West Virginia's environment. 


Wild Virginia ~ Along with our partners, alliances, and citizens like you, we press on in the fight against fracked gas pipelines in our region. The Mountain Valley Pipeline poses a great risk to our forests and surrounding communities. We are also working to improve habitat connectivity for wildlife throughout Virginia and to ensure that all of our waterways are fully protected in accordance with the law.


Stop the Money Pipeline ~ If we can stop the flow of money, we can stop the flow of oil. In early 2020, thirty-two organizations came together to form the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition. We stand on the shoulders of years of movement work pressuring financial institutions to act on climate.

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