Cleanup

National 501(c)(3) promoting safe, clean, and responsible recreational boating through free online courses, child life-jacket loaners, clean-water education, and abandoned/derelict vessel (ADV) removal programs.

Boat day: Free courses and kid loaner jackets lower the friction to cast off safely — so more family days feel like why you bought the boat.

Global alliance defending drinkable, fishable, swimmable water through investigation, accountability, advocacy, and education — with local Waterkeeper groups on rivers, bays, and coasts boaters use.

Boat day: Cleaner waterways mean better swimming, fishing, and shoreline days — the culture and ecology that keep boat ownership worth it.

Independent nonprofit defending San Francisco Bay from polluters through investigation, legal action, shoreline cleanups, and community advocacy.

Boat day: A cleaner Bay is more days you actually want to drop the hook — not skirt a trash line.

Protects and restores Puget Sound through pollution prevention, advocacy, and volunteer Sound Sweep / coastal cleanup events (often with Ocean Conservancy ICC data).

Boat day: Sound Sweep days clear debris from the harbors you cruise — stewardship that protects tomorrow's cast-off.

Save the Bay — restoration, education, advocacy, and hands-on stewardship across the Chesapeake watershed that countless recreational boaters call home.

Boat day: Oyster reefs, cleaner water, and shoreline restoration keep Chesapeake weekends feeling like the reason you keep a boat.

Science-based ocean protection including Trash Free Seas / International Coastal Cleanup — volunteer debris removal and data that coastal boaters see on every beach day.

Boat day: Fewer plastics in the swim spot means more days the shoreline feels like why you launched.

Grassroots nonprofit protecting oceans, waves, and beaches through local chapters — water quality, plastic pollution, and coastal access relevant to boaters and paddle craft.

Boat day: Chapter cleanups and water-quality fights protect the beaches you raft up to — coastal culture staying healthy.

Official nonprofit partner of the National Marine Sanctuary System — stewardship, education, debris/ADV removal projects, and maritime heritage.

Boat day: Sanctuary stewardship protects the special waters you cruise — heritage and habitat for the long haul.

Virginia Beach watershed nonprofit restoring waterways; partner on NOAA-supported abandoned/derelict vessel removal projects across coastal Virginia.

Boat day: Pulling derelict hulls clears navigational hazards and eyesores — safer, cleaner harbor days.

Restoring the Elizabeth River (Hampton Roads) through habitat projects, education, and partnerships — including ADV removal collaboration in coastal Virginia.

Boat day: A restored urban river is more evenings you want to linger at the dock — water quality as Quality Boat Days fuel.

Patrolling and advocating for the Hudson River watershed — clean water for communities and boaters from NYC to the Adirondacks.

Boat day: Hudson stewardship protects the river days that define Northeast cruising culture.

Hands-on habitat restoration and education protecting Tampa Bay — seagrass, oysters, and shoreline projects boaters benefit from.

Boat day: Seagrass and oyster projects keep the bay fishable and swimmable — the point of a Florida boat.

Protecting and preserving Galveston Bay through conservation, advocacy, education, and research.

Boat day: Bay stewardship keeps Gulf Coast weekends closer to the joy that sold you the boat.

Protecting the Great Lakes through advocacy, Adopt-a-Beach cleanups, and education across the freshwater seas that host a huge U.S. recreational fleet.

Boat day: Healthy Great Lakes beaches and water quality protect the heart of Midwest boat culture.

Science, education, and advocacy protecting Santa Monica Bay and Southern California coastal waters.

Boat day: Coastal water-quality grades and cleanups protect the swim and surf days tied to SoCal boating.

Protecting Long Island Sound and its watershed through restoration, advocacy, and education (Connecticut Fund for the Environment / Save the Sound).

Boat day: A healthier Sound means better swimming and fishing between the Connecticut and New York shores you cruise.

Protecting wild rivers, restoring damaged rivers, and conserving clean water — relevant to river and reservoir boaters nationwide.

Boat day: Healthy rivers and flows protect inland boat days from the Appalachians to the West.

State-led Coastal Cleanup Day mobilizing volunteers across California shorelines (often coordinated with Ocean Conservancy ICC) — flagship boater-relevant cleanup culture.

Boat day: Mass shoreline cleanups make the next beach landing feel cared for — culture you can join in one morning.

Longwood University program coordinating Virginia's International Coastal Cleanup and marine debris education — partner on ADV-related outreach.

Boat day: Debris data and cleanups clear the beaches and creeks Virginia boaters use all season.

New England marine education and beach cleanups — whale education and coastal stewardship for Northeast boaters.

Boat day: Coastal education and cleanups keep New England shores ready for the next picnic landing.

Subset pointer: BoatU.S. Foundation clean-boating and environmental courses (oil, sewage, marine debris) — see primary BoatU.S. Foundation node for donate/loaner/ADV actions.

Boat day: Clean-boating habits keep fuel and sewage out of the swim area — small stewardship, big weekend payoff.