Voting has opened for Pennsylvania's 2024 River of the Year, with the Allegheny River securing a nomination.

This marks the 14th year for the River of the Year vote, a tradition that is garnering appreciation of our state’s diverse waterways.

The Allegheny River was nominated by a Pittsburgh based group this year, called Three Rivers Waterkeeper.

Selection and voting is overseen by the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) in collaboration with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).

The winning river and the nominating organization will be given a $10,000.00 leadership grant from the DCNR to assist in funding a variety of river of the year activities.

“The Allegheny is home to wonderful populations of eagles and osprey and river otters, all of our beautiful wildlife," said Nathan Welker, Allegheny National Forest Aquatics and Fishery Manager. "Of course, our fisheries are amazing up here too. So, anything we can do to bring attention to that, to appreciate and to help conserve and protect that, would be wonderful.”

Voting for Pennsylvania's 2024 River of the Year will be open until 5:00PM on Friday, January 19, 2024.

For more information and where to cast your vote, visit here.