Our community shares and spans 205,000 square miles across 15 states. Most don’t know it!
Join this new effort to inform or reinforce our river neighbors that we are indeed neighbors:
Co-brand your Ohio River Basin-based event!
#OhioRiverBasinProud
#OhioRiverBasinProud
Click here for an event host toolkit that includes all the materials you need to promote the event, including congressional maps
Help raise awareness by co-branding your upcoming events—
it's easy!
Add a secondary branding to Ohio River Basin-based races, cleanups, celebration and other events: #OhioRiverBasinProud
We would like to have 60 events cobranded #OhioRiverBasinProud! Help us get to 60 events, 5,000 participants and a total signup of 55 congressional representatives in the Ohio River Basin Caucus!
How Do I Participate?
As a leader of ORB river, watershed, or river-aligned groups whose program involves activities on (e.g., floats) or along (e.g., cleanups) one or more rivers, do the following for ORB events that take place by July 31, 2026:
Step 1: CoBrand events #OhioRiverBasinProud - click here to access the event host toolkit
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Add the campaign logo (click here to view/download) to website, social media, handouts and other materials and include the #OhioRiverBasinProud as a stated initiative at in-person events
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Mention #OhioRiverBasinProud objectives during interviews or articles about your event(s).
Step 2: Inform us of your event’s location and description by submitting this form (click here). When you submit this form, we’ll mail a 2.5 liter waterproof ORB bag and 60 ORB decals (see below!) to share with your volunteers to the first sixty registrants AND we'll feature your event on our interactive map!
Step 3: Inform your congressional representative of the event and its co-branding
Step 4: Provide a) post-event photos and b) participation level by completing our post-event survey
See above for ORB decals which will be sent to event hosts to share with participants!
Feel free to share the river-runner.samlearner.com, a super fun tool that will help you encourage awareness of the Basin’s extent.
Sign up today and we look forward to seeing news and photos of your event that includes #OhioRiverBasinProud wherever possible and practical!
Who is already in the caucus?
See below for a map of congressional representatives currently signed onto the Ohio River Basin caucus.
Map prepared by James Major, River Management Society. Caucus participation data as of April 2026.