Columbia Riverkeeper (CRK) has three new exciting project opportunities for volunteers as a part of our River Communities Program. They are all great ways to get directly involved in helping restore the Columbia River, but we are always looking for volunteer help in other ways and are willing to be creative, based on your skills and interests, so even if one of these options doesn't seem right for you give us a call, 541-399-0769, or contact our Volunteer Coordinator listed below.

River Watch "Adopt-A-River"
Become the local liaison for your favorite part of the river by keeping it clean, noting wildlife, and responding to any toxic emergencies. Use technical equipment to monitor for pollutants and indicators of river health.

Riverscape Rain Gardens
Transform your yard into a beautiful, native rain garden to conserve and clean water.

How do I get involved?

Trainings are held each spring to learn how to use monitoring equipment, methods and quality control procedures. Please review our monitoring programs below for one or two that strike your interest and submit a volunteer interest form and waiver to lorri@columbiariverkeeper.org or call 541-399-0769.

Thanks to an exciting partnership with community colleges up and down the river, we are currently able to offer training and monitoring equipment to volunteers out of 6 water quality stations: 1) Lower Columbia College in Longview, WA, 2) Clark Co. Water Resource Center in Vancouver, 3) Columbia Crossings Marina in Portland, 4) Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, 5) CRK headquarters in Hood River, and 6) Wenatchee Valley College in Wenatchee.  

If there is not a water quality station in your area, please contact our Water Quality Volunteer Coordinator about other opportunities to get involved and the potential of setting up a new water quality station.