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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! Yesterday’s water samples across our 14 monitored sites brought in a mixed bag of E. coli results. ⚠️ Notably, the high bacteria levels were widespread: in every single county we
💧Drought conditions continue, causing decreasing water levels, as pictured. On the bright side, the measured E. coli levels at all the South Fork, North Fork and Main-stem River sites tested were well below the
Wednesday 06.10.2026: Water levels in the Shenandoah River watershed continued to recede. Despite only sporadic rainfall across the region since the testing event last week, four specific monitoring locations exhibited a notable spike in E.
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
