Winyah Rivers Alliance Projects

Our mission is to protect, preserve, monitor and revitalize the health of the lands and waters of the greater Winyah Bay watershed. We are advocates for these waterbodies and use education and the force of the law to ensure that our rivers are fishable, swimmable and drinkable for our families and our future.

With our partners, including the communities we represent, we implement the following major programs listed below.

Clean Water Defense

As Riverkeepers and licensees of Waterkeeper Alliance, we hold polluters accountable, protecting clean water and healthy habitats throughout our greater Winyah Bay watershed. Our Waccamaw Riverkeeper partners with Coastal Carolina University’s Waccamaw Watershed Academy and local municipalities and other partners, including community volunteers, to monitor water quality in the Waccamaw River watershed from Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina to the outlet of the Waccamaw River into Winyah Bay in South Carolina. In addition to water quality monitoring, we advocate for sound policies and practices to protect clean water for our families and our future in all of our greater Winyah Bay watersheds.

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Clean And Safe Energy

Our focus has been on addressing the threats to water quality and communities from fossil fuels, including coal combustion byproducts (coal ash), hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and natural gas infrastructure (methane pipelines) within the greater Winyah Bay watershed.

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Pure Farms/Pure Waters

With our North Carolina Waterkeepers and WATERKEEPER® Alliance, we implement our North Carolina CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) Campaign, calling attention to the destructive practices of industrialized meat production, ensuring compliance with the Clean Water Act and supporting the family farms these practices endanger.

Click HERE for more information on our NC Pure Farms Pure Waters Campaign.

Community Stewardship And Education

As a grassroots organization, we work to engage the community in stewardship of our valuable river resources. We do this by sponsoring educational programs and river cleanups and promoting river recreation.

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Land Conservation

In accomplishing our mission, we engage in conservation of natural landscapes as an essential aspect to protect clean water and healthy habitats in our river watersheds.