by Matt Scott Stone | Jul 30, 2024 | Education, James River Expedition, James River Leadership Academy, News |
This week, the James River Leadership Expedition wraps up its summer Session 1 set of trips down the James River. Our educators will be traveling from VCU Rice Rivers Center on the Lower James all the way to the mouth of the river at Hampton. 11 students, 3 JRA...
by Matt Scott Stone | Jul 19, 2024 | Education, James River Expedition, James River Leadership Academy, News |
Follow along on the Middle James River Expedition, part of session 1 of the James River Leadership Expeditions program! 11 intrepid students, 3 JRA educators, and 1 teacher will journey ~50 miles down the James on canoes and experience the river between July 15 and...
by Matt Scott Stone | Jun 25, 2024 | Education, James River Expedition, James River Leadership Academy, News |
The 2024-2025 James River Leadership Expedition is off to a momentous start with our first leg – the Upper Expedition from Springwood Boat ramp to Snowden, a journey of 31 miles in canoes through rapids and backwoods! This is the 14th year of some iteration of...
by Matt Scott Stone | Oct 20, 2023 | Education, News |
A big part of JRA’s mission is to educate the denizens of the James River watershed about the value of the river in their everyday lives. JRA educated over 20,000 students during its 2022-2023 school year over a total of five different sites in the watershed,...
by Matt Scott Stone | Jul 31, 2023 | Education, James River Expedition, James River Leadership Academy, News |
Monday, July 31st Buchanan, Virginia Today marks our first day on the Upper James River Expedition trip! We arrived in Buchanan, Virginia, ate lunch, and got to know each other. We then walked to a local church to learn more about the program and valuable leadership...
