We protect Texas rivers.
Texas Rivers Protection Association has been protecting the flow, water quality and beauty of Texas rivers since 1989.
Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande
2025 San Marcos River Rendezvous a Success!
2025 San Marcos Cleanup held on March 1st, 2025 Approximately 200 paddlers from all over Texas participated in the world’s longest river clean up. They picked up trash along the entire San Marcos River (90 miles) From San Marcos all
Little White Oak Bayou Cleanup – Saturday April 5
What: Little White Oak Bayou Cleanup 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Where: Meet up at Love’s Travel Stop, 210 Patton St., Houston Learn about the City of Houston’s Adopt-a-Drain program and how you can help out by using one of the Bayou Preservation
TRPA Annual Meeting 2025 JOIN NOW!
Time: Mar 2, 2025 9:00AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81558105507?pwd=1GOFKGkTWaCavL19gu8wpk8SRsTbYg.1 Meeting ID: 815 5810 550 Passcode: 271561
Our Mission
Texas Rivers Protection Association
Texas rivers have always flowed through the land and lives of the people who depended on them for food, agriculture, recreation and transportation. But now, most of our rivers have been dammed, diverted, polluted, channelized or fenced in. We pledge to protect the flow, water quality and natural beauty of the rivers of Texas.
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Discover Texas Rivers
At TRPA, we believe that the best solutions concerning problems with our streams in Texas often involve citizen education. We’ve seen over and over that experiencing the magic of floating on a river helps people to better understand why we need to protect these rivers for future generations. Of the 23 major river basins of Texas, we are highlighting fifteen favorites and an assortment of coastal paddling trails to choose from. With that, we encourage you to find a Texas river to enjoy, whether it’s exciting whitewater or tranquil quiet water.
These descriptions, maps and paddling trails are intended as a starting point and are not a fully inclusive list of good places to paddle.
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John Graves, Goodbye to a River