May 29, 2026 · 26 min · 17 segments
Save The River, home of the Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper is doing their part to recruit community stewards. For well over a decade their river steward training initiative has informed and empowered…
Dan BallingerGuest
Lawrence GuntherHost
Um, I'm really excited to talk to you about, uh, River Keeper training and, uh, the kind of programs being offered by Save the River with- in that respect, and I understand you're the man I'm- that knows about all this.
... here at Save the River, and so one of the responsibilities I have is leading our River Keeper training.
So, it's a, it's a fun, uh, free program that we offer to volunteers in the Thousand Islands region, whether they're local or they're, uh, snowbirds or tourists, and it's just a fun way to train, um, and provide stewardship skills and experience, um, in the Thousand Islands area.
Just get people aware of what are some common issues and what to keep an eye out for, how they can be good river keepers for the Upper St. Lawrence region.
And yeah, that's one of my responsibilities and it's a lot of fun, and every year we get to take a bunch of people out on the water and teach them how to, like, care for their, care for the river, and it's a wonderful, wonderful time every time.
Um, I'm really excited to talk to you about, uh, River Keeper training and, uh, the kind of programs being offered by Save the River with- in that respect, and I understand you're the man I'm- that knows about all this.
... here at Save the River, and so one of the responsibilities I have is leading our River Keeper training.
So, it's a, it's a fun, uh, free program that we offer to volunteers in the Thousand Islands region, whether they're local or they're, uh, snowbirds or tourists, and it's just a fun way to train, um, and provide stewardship skills and experience, um, in the Thousand Islands area.
Just get people aware of what are some common issues and what to keep an eye out for, how they can be good river keepers for the Upper St. Lawrence region.
And yeah, that's one of my responsibilities and it's a lot of fun, and every year we get to take a bunch of people out on the water and teach them how to, like, care for their, care for the river, and it's a wonderful, wonderful time every time.
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