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The Friends of the Shenandoah River is a volunteer, non-profit, scientific organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the Shenandoah River and its tributaries.
⚠️KNOW BEFORE YOU GO! This Week’s E. coli Testing Results Are Now Available 🟢 Good news for the Main Stem, South Fork, and North Fork of the Shenandoah River: E. coli levels at all sites
⚠️ KNOW BEFORE YOU GO! Water Testing Update 💧 🧪 Today, our FOSR lab staff rolled up their sleeves and collected 10 water samples from testing sites across the area! 🔬 Samples have been processed
⚠️KNOW BEFORE YOU GO! This Week’s E. coli Testing Results Are Now Available First and foremost: Thank you to those who donated to support this program. Your generosity keeps this program flowing, and we’re deeply
DEQ: DROUGHT UPDATE June 25, 2026 – Much of the state has received 0.5 to 2 inches of rain during the last two weeks, which has prevented drought conditions from worsening, however, severe drought continues in many parts of Virginia, particularly where precipitation was
Reported in Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Newsletter, The Potomac News Reservoir, June 18, 2026 Research led by the Christova Lab at George Mason University recently discovered a novel algae species in the
🔍 Today, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at around 12:28 PM, aquatic vegetation (AV), green algae, filamentous algae (FGA), and what looked like potential Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) were observed in the North Fork of the
