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Peoria Riverkeeper wins Making Waves Award in 2025
Peoria Riverkeeper wins Making Waves Award in 2025
Peoria Riverkeeper has graciously been awarded the Making Waves 2025 award at this years Clean Water Celebration hosted by the Sun Foundation. We were thrilled to be able to teach a streaming class at the celebration which covered sustainability, conservation, and stormwater management.
We are a Non-Profit Organization and licensed member of the global Waterkeeper Alliance movement, established exclusively to protect the Illinois River watershed from the numerous threats it faces today. Using legal advocacy, independent state-accredited testing, and you, the people, we will continue to impact real, measurable improvements in the quality of our water in our beautiful river and it’s tributaries.
Upcoming events
Upcoming events
May 14
Kickapoo Creek Water Quality Monitoring Program begins
Jun 21
Upper Mackinaw River Cleanup
Parklands Foundations Merwin Nature Preserve
9 A.M.
Jul 13
Native American River Blessing
Shore Acres Park, Chillicothe IL.
10 A.M.
July 26
Paradice Beach White trash bash!
Aug 8-10
Kickapoo Creek Fest
Sommer Park
TBD
We are beginning trend monitoring for the Kickapoo Creek as part of a large scale Watershed management project in coordination with local organizations such as the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission and Friends of Kickapoo Creek.
Join us as we support our friends at Central Illinois Kayak and Floating by helping with a large scale cleanup of the Mackinaw River!
Join us as we participate in a Native American Blessing of the Illinois River, led by PRK board member and Choctaw Nation citizen Nate Muckintubbee, as well as other Native leaders.
PRK will be helping run cleanup for Paradice Beach Club’s annual White trash bash, keeping trash out of our waterways.
It’s the 5th annual Kickapoo Creek Festival!
We sponsoring the event this year, which will include free camping all weekend, fishing, kayaking, yoga, interactive workshops and more! Follow our Facebook page for more details on this and other events!
PRK to begin testing for fecal coliform/e. coli at several recreational swim areas on Illinois River this summer.
Our Services
From our community cleanup events, to public education, and engaging with our youth at school programs, we find many ways to promote awareness and involve EVERYONE in the importance of protecting our water sources.
We use state-accredited practices and laboratories to establish long-term water quality monitoring programs, tracking threats and the progress of our impact in real time
The federal Clean Water Act was established to hold polluters accountable and achieve sustainability for companies that pollute natural water bodies. We act as a representative of our water and step in when entities operate outside of federal and local regulations
Pollution and industry often target low income neighborhoods and areas for their operations. This is because these communities have less of a voice and influence to protect themselves and the natural resources around them. We engage with community leaders of low income areas andindigenous communities ensuring they have a voice in protecting these resources.
Help us make waves
The truth is…we cant do this without you! As a tax-exempt Nonprofit Organization (501c3), we are eligible to receive donations which can be written off on your annual tax statement. Please consider helping us save our river today!
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