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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Sep 4, 2026
Laura EarlyGUEST
And that's a pretty big area that's hard to cover either, you know, on foot or by car or on the water itself.
Laura EarlyGUEST
in a reasonable amount of time.
Laura EarlyGUEST
So if you can fly over an area in a few hours and get a really good idea of what's going on, that can really help the work of organizations like Waterkeepers or other kind of watchdog organizations that are keeping an eye out for pollution issues in a geographic area.
Laura EarlyGUEST
The other thing is is that Southwings flights provide transparency.
Laura EarlyGUEST
So with industrial operations, or say we were talking about clear cutting, A lot of times you can't see what's going on on private property because of trespassing, right? You can't just go on somebody else's property and look around and see for yourself what's going on.
Tom LeNobleHOST
I have Mark Yaggi with me today.
Tom LeNobleHOST
He's the Chief Executive Officer of Waterkeeper Alliance, and we're gonna learn about Waterkeeper Alliance and a lot more about Mark.
Tom LeNobleHOST
Mark, welcome to Opening Pathways.
Marc YaggiGUEST
Thank you, Tom.
Tom LeNobleHOST
I'm so inspired by this.
Tom LeNobleHOST
I, I really am, because I think we often take water, am- among many other things in life, for granted.
Tom LeNobleHOST
And, um, I, I, I just, the expansiveness of what you're doing for something that is so precious to us, what was it that started you to have so much interest in water? You've been working on it now for many years with Waterkeeper Alliance.
Tom LeNobleHOST
How was it that you got inspired to be involved with water?
Thomas HynesHOST
Welcome to Equity in Every Drop, a podcast from Waterkeeper Alliance.
Thomas HynesHOST
In this upcoming series, we will feature stories that highlight the work of waterkeepers around the world.
Thomas HynesHOST
We will showcase the emerging threats, the challenges, as well as the opportunities inherent in this work.
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Thomas HynesHOST
All right.
Patricio ChambersGUEST
Take care.
Thomas HynesHOST
Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Waterkeeper Alliance podcast, Equity in Every Drop.
Thomas HynesHOST
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on your favorite platform and visit waterkeeper.org to learn how you can get involved and help support our mission to make waterways cleaner, healthier, and accessible to all.
Thomas HynesHOST
Every drop counts.