Waterkeeper Alliance
The Waterkeeper movement was started by a band of blue-collar fishermen on New York’s Hudson River in 1966. Their tough, grassroots brand of environmental activism sparked the river’s miraculous recovery and inspired others to launch local Waterkeeper groups around the world. Today, Waterkeeper Alliance unites more than 300 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates that are on the frontlines of the global water crisis, patrolling and protecting more than 2.5 million square miles of rivers, lakes and coastal waterways on six continents. Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates defend the fundamental human right to drinkable, fishable, and swimmable waters from the Great Lakes to the Himalayas, and combine firsthand knowledge of their waterways with an unwavering commitment to the rights of their communities. Whether they’re on the water tracking down polluters, in courtrooms enforcing environmental laws, advocating in town meetings or teaching in classrooms, the Waterkeeper movement speaks for the waters it defends with the backing of local communities. Waterkeeper Alliance ensures that the world’s Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates are as connected to each other as they are to their local waters, organizing the fight for clean water into a coordinated global movement.www.waterkeeper.org
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Oct 20, 2026
Sara JHOST
And I'd love for you to take a minute to talk about him, his work, and his influence on you.
Mark MattsonGUEST
Sure, a long time ago when I joined the Waterkeeper Alliance, I think it was 2001.
Mark MattsonGUEST
I'd been practicing law and I didn't know about the Waterkeeper Alliance and what it took to be a waterkeeper.
Mark MattsonGUEST
And it soon dawned on me that it was bigger than just being a board member or starting a group.
Mark MattsonGUEST
It really was a personal commitment to the water and becoming that spokesperson.
Mark MattsonGUEST
And just, yeah, his positivity, work to the end, the fire in his eyes, his fearlessness.
Mark MattsonGUEST
He was a great person.
Mark MattsonGUEST
And so it's a real honor the Waterkeeper Alliance would recognize me with the Terry Baxter Award.
Sarah JHOST
And I'd love for you to take a minute to talk about him, his work, and his influence on you.
Mark MattsonGUEST
Sure, a long time ago when I joined the Waterkeeper Alliance, I think it was 2001.
Mark MattsonGUEST
I'd been practicing law and I didn't know about the Waterkeeper Alliance and what it took to be a waterkeeper.
Mark MattsonGUEST
And it soon dawned on me that it was bigger than just being a board member or starting a group.
Mark MattsonGUEST
It really was a personal commitment to the water and becoming that spokesperson.
Mark MattsonGUEST
And just, yeah, his positivity, work to the end, the fire in his eyes, his fearlessness.
Mark MattsonGUEST
He was a great person.
Mark MattsonGUEST
And so it's a real honor the Waterkeeper Alliance would recognize me with the Terry Baxter Award.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.GUEST
I was suing...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.GUEST
We have, you know, I, I ran the biggest water protection group in the world, The Waterkeeper Alliance.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.GUEST
We have 350 Waterkeepers, each one with a patrol boat.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.GUEST
They patrol local waterways in 46 countries, and we sue polluters.