ENVIRONMENTAL

Living Lands & Waters Foundation - In 1997, Chad Pregracke (a commercial diver at the time) decided to clean up what he considers home ? the Mississippi River. Leaving his full time job behind and garnering support along the way, Chad and a band of volunteers have cleaned up over 1200 miles of Mississippi River bank and have since added the Illinois River to their incredible mission. Visit us at www.livinglandsandwaters.org.

The River Project - The River Project has operated a private marine monitoring station since 1986 at Pier 26 on the Hudson River in New York. This scientific organization is dedicated to the protection and restoration of Hudson River wildlife through scientific research, education and hands-on programs in urban ecology. The Marine Biology Internship Program offers opportunities for students to become directly involved in the protection of significant urban wildlife and habitat. Visit us at www.riverproject.org.

Tampa Baywatch - Tampa Baywatch, Inc., a non-profit environmental stewardship program, needed a boat that was friendly to the bay?s environment and that could withstand operation by a crew of volunteers. Twin Honda 4-stroke 75 hp engines, altered to run on compressed natural gas, were the organization?s choice to power a 23? catamaran that they used to patrol Tampa Bay. Visit us at www.webcoast.com/tpbaywatch.

San Francisco Bay Keeper - With help from Honda, in 1998 San Francisco BayKeeper launched the first power boat on the entire West Coast with the capacity for fueling with clean burning compressed natural gas (CNG). The new San Francisco-based pollution patrol boat replaces the original BayKeeper boat which has logged nearly 100,000 miles patrolling the Bay for pollution sources, and carrying out BayKeeper's high visibility citizen monitoring program to detect and elliminate pollution in the Bay and Delta. WaterKeepers Northern California is our new umbrella name emphasizing our expanding efforts to protect the San Francisco Bay Watershed from the headwaters to the ocean. Our new name and logo encompasses San Francisco BayKeeper, DeltaKeeper, Petaluma RiverKeeper and future projects. To get involved with WaterKeepers Northern California as a volunteer or member call (415) 561-2299, Ext.16 or surf our website at www.sfbaykeeper.org.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation - The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's mission is to restore and sustain the Bay's ecosystem by substantially improving the water quality and productivity of the watershed, with respect to water clarity, resilience of the system, and diversity and abundance of living resources, and to maintain a high quality of life for the people of the Chesapeake Bay region. See us at www.savethebay.cbf.org.

Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper - The Riverkeeper?s mission is to advocate and secure the protection and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River, its tributaries and watershed, in order to maintain its environmental integrity and to preserve the natural, scenic and recreational character of the river corridor. Visit our website at www.chattahoochee.org.