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Be River Friendly Sacramento Showing Sacramento the impacts stormwater 🌧 can have on our rivers and everyday lives!
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The Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership is a multi-jurisdicational program encouraging the community understand and protect local waterways from the impacts of urban run-off, which flows untreated from storm drains to creeks, streams and rivers.

The dirtiest water of the year hits our rivers and creeks in one day, and it's called the first flush. Months of litter,...
10/05/2026

The dirtiest water of the year hits our rivers and creeks in one day, and it's called the first flush. Months of litter, motor oil, debris, and pet waste from the summer, all finds its way to local waterways. No filters. No treatment.

Every piece of trash picked up before that storm is a piece of trash that stays out of the creeks and rivers that we love.

Learn more at BeRiverFriendly.net
📸 by Stephen Leonardi

Every dragonfly zipping along our rivers and creeks right now spent a year or more underwater first. Dragonfly larvae li...
09/14/2026

Every dragonfly zipping along our rivers and creeks right now spent a year or more underwater first. Dragonfly larvae live and hunt in the creek itself, and they only survive in decent water, which makes each one you see a small report card on the water it came from.

Learn more about protecting local waterways at BeRiverFriendly.net

Here's a strange fact about litter: it multiplies. People litter far more in places that are already trashed, and almost...
09/08/2026

Here's a strange fact about litter: it multiplies. People litter far more in places that are already trashed, and almost never in places that are clean. Pick up one piece of trash and you change what the next person sees, and what they do.

Learn more at BeRiverFriendly.net/Trash

Labor Day weekend is summer's big sendoff, and our rivers and creeks will be full. Whatever gets left behind ends up in ...
09/02/2026

Labor Day weekend is summer's big sendoff, and our rivers and creeks will be full. Whatever gets left behind ends up in the water.

Pack out what you pack in, and if you have room in the bag, grab one extra piece. Leave your spot better than you found it.

Learn more at BeRiverFriendly.net/Trash

Everyone in Sacramento has a spot: the swimming hole, the fishing bank, the stretch of river that feels like yours. You ...
08/24/2026

Everyone in Sacramento has a spot: the swimming hole, the fishing bank, the stretch of river that feels like yours. You don't have to tell us where it is. Tell us what you do there. Go fishing? Paddleboard? Teaching your kid to skip rocks?

Whatever makes your spot yours, it stays that way because people take care of it. Learn more about protecting our creeks and rivers at BeRiverFriendly.net

Looking for a summer morning walk? Effie Yeaw Nature Center sits inside the American River Parkway in Carmichael, within...
08/17/2026

Looking for a summer morning walk?

Effie Yeaw Nature Center sits inside the American River Parkway in Carmichael, within a 100-acre riparian preserve right along the river. The trails are open daily from dawn to dusk. The nature center building is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9AM to 5PM. No admission fee, donations welcome. County parking is $7 per vehicle.

Plan your visit at EffieYeawNature.org/

It hasn't rained in Sacramento in months. So why does what goes down the storm drain matter right now? Anything entering...
08/10/2026

It hasn't rained in Sacramento in months. So why does what goes down the storm drain matter right now? Anything entering a storm drain flows directly to local creeks and rivers, rain or shine, with no treatment. In summer, that means irrigation overspray, cleaning products and much more. Only rain belongs in the drain.

Learn more about protecting local waterways at BeRiverFriendly.net

We’re here at Harvest Day! Come and stop by our Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership booth to spin for a prize, and...
08/01/2026

We’re here at Harvest Day! Come and stop by our Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership booth to spin for a prize, and to learn about eco-friendly pest control, water-efficient plants, and more!

We’ll be here until 2pm at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center (11549 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks, CA 95628)

Hope to see you soon!

Join us this Saturday Aug 1st at Harvest Day in Fair Oaks! Hosted by UC Master Gardeners, this free event is from 8am-2p...
07/29/2026

Join us this Saturday Aug 1st at Harvest Day in Fair Oaks! Hosted by UC Master Gardeners, this free event is from 8am-2pm and focuses on all things garden, pest and plant related.

11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628

Run. Bike. Paddle.The Great American Triathlon takes over the American River Parkway on Saturday, July 18. A 5.95-mile r...
07/17/2026

Run. Bike. Paddle.

The Great American Triathlon takes over the American River Parkway on Saturday, July 18. A 5.95-mile run, a 12.5-mile bike, and a 6.10-mile paddle.

Learn more about the race at GreatAmericanTriathlon.com
Learn more about protecting the watershed at BeRiverFriendly.net
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