Our watershed is big and so are our dreams!

We dream of continuing our programs to keep our waters clean and healthy for all. We dream of growing our membership and volunteer numbers. We dream of continuing our water quality project and educational programs. Would you please consider a donation or membership? Any amount helps and we sincerely appreciate your contributions. You can go directly to Membership and Donations and make a donation of your choice or become a member! Our mailing address is PO Box 1419 Lewisburg, WV 24901 Thank you!

Save the date! October 21st will be our annual water quality presentation and membership meeting and all are welcome to come. We will start at 6:30 pm at the Clingman Center in Lewisburg with a free food buffet (thank you WVRivers and WVDEP stream partner grants). The GRWA has concluded 3 years of water quality testing with many volunteers from 25 sites starting at Durbin, all the way down to Hinton. We thank all of you! It's not over though, we are taking a short break while all of our data is compiled and mapped out. Then we will proceed again, using the knowledge we have gained. This is a great time to renew your memberships and see just where your dues and donations have made a difference! Check out the short video of our volunteers working hard - gathering data.

Come see us at the Freshwater Folk Festival at the White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery on Saturday, Sept 12th, 10am - 3 pm. We will have some activities for kids, educational materials about what we do, and GRWA t-shirts, hats, drybags for sale. We will also have FREE bags of native seeds for planting along stream banks for erosion control.

From Jenna Breeckner, GRWA volunteer extraordinaire:

"I met with students of the WVU plant and soil science club at Cass, along the Greenbrier River to discuss environmental opportunities and gauge the students’ interest on various environmental topics. We talked about nonprofit, private, and state/federal environmental job opportunities, noting that grants and paid nonprofit positions are hard to come by in the current climate. We discussed some of the projects and research the students have been working on, including one student who got to travel internationally for soil judging. We walked to the new campground and talked about how development along the river can cause erosion and worsen the impacts of flooding. They were all extremely bright young women with a passion for soil and water as the building blocks of life."

Did you know that our watershed in West Virginia is home to the Eastern Spotted Skunk? Smaller than their striped relatives, these agile critters are excellent tree climbers. When threatened, they will actually stand on their front hands in an acrobatic warning display before spraying. You can read more about them here

Enjoy a video below from along the Greenbrier River!

Critical Habitat declared in parts of Greenbrier and Pocahontas County in WV for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee - Read More Here

Do you have erosion problems along your stream banks? Thanks to a grant from the Mountain Resource Conservation Development Council, The GRWA has FREE native seed bags to distribute! We have a Riparian Mix capable of surviving wet conditions and periodic flooding, stabilizing stream banks and reducing erosion as well as offering habitat for pollinators & wildlife. We also have a Riparian Buffer seed mix to establish deep-rooted dense vegetation to help stabilize banks, filter pollutants and create wildlife habitat. Email: greenbrierwatershed@gmail.com if you want to pick some up.

We thank our many Premier and Gold level business members for their support! Please tell them thank you when you see them! We are always looking for more business members - a clean and healthy river is a benefit for all whether you live here or work here!

Need at last minute gift for someone you know who loves the Greenbrier River? Give them a gift membership! We will send them this acknowledgement card and keep them abreast of our work through our newsletters. Follow the link to memberships here https://wordpress.greenbrier.org/join-us/membership/ or use the QR code in the above newsletter.

Thank you!

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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!

Contact your representatives, often! Participate! Be heard!

Contact your local, state and federal representatives with your concerns.

WV Legislature HERE

VA Legislature HERE

Members of Congress HERE

Volunteer ~ Get involved with what matters to you!

Make your time count by volunteering with your favorite non-profit to do any number of things from helping with river cleanups, to monitoring rivers and creeks, to making phone calls or licking envelopes. You will make a difference.

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Follow these pages ~ Stay informed on the issues.

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.