e/Waterkeeper Alliance

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has gloss	eng: Waterkeeper Alliance is an environmental organization founded in 1999, responding to a growing movement of organizations with the name Riverkeeper, Baykeeper, Soundkeeper, and other related "keeper" names. The original Riverkeeper, headed by John Cronin beginning in 1983, started on the Hudson River in New York state, USA, in response to the destructive industrial pollution that was destroying the river. It was soon followed by Long Island Soundkeeper (which is still led by Terry Backer), Delaware Riverkeeper, San Francisco Baykeeper, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, and others. Riverkeeper is now headed by Alex Matthiessen, the chief executive since July, 2000.
lexicalization	eng: Water Keeper Alliance
lexicalization	eng: Waterkeeper Alliance
instance of	(noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" catchment area, drainage area, watershed, catchment basin, drainage basin, river basin, basin