by Ben Watson | May 9, 2019 | Advocacy, James Riverkeeper, News |
Get out your energy domes! This week’s blog is Devo-ted to the James River’s biggest source of nitrogen pollution: wastewater. This issue is hairier than a 1980s rock band, but don’t despair! The draft Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) gives us an opportunity to...
by jravirginia | Mar 28, 2019 | Advocacy, James Riverkeeper, News |
What does the Dirty Water Rule mean for the James River? (TL;DR – It’s bad news.) Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced troubling changes to the Clean Water Act (CWA), one of our Nation’s bedrock environmental laws that has protected...
by jravirginia | Mar 12, 2019 | James Riverkeeper, News, Volunteer |
Do you plan to hop in a boat or take a jump in the James this summer? Then James River Watch is the program for you! James River Watch is designed to inform river users about recreation conditions in a timely fashion, and to provide the public with an additional tool...
by Jamie Brunkow | Feb 15, 2019 | James Riverkeeper, News, Press Release |
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2019 CONTACT:Jamie BrunkowSenior Advocacy Manager and James Riverkeeper(757) 634-4541jbrunkow@jrava.org General Assembly Takes Action to Protect Virginia’s Rivers from Coal AshToday, in a landmark achievement for...
by Christina Bonini | Jan 9, 2019 | Advocacy, James Riverkeeper, News |
Today marks the kickoff of the 2019 General Assembly! With only 45 days to finalize the 2020 budget and tackle pressing water quality issues impacting our state, the James River Association will be hard at work as a voice for our river. We’ve outlined our top...
by Ben Watson | Jan 4, 2019 | Advocacy, Community Conservation, James Riverkeeper, News, Watershed Restoration, Wildlife of the James |
As we kick off 2019 and turn a very soggy page on the past year, it’s worth looking back at one of 2018’s main themes, at least as far as the James River is concerned: the rain. To state the obvious it’s been wet – I mean unrelentingly, record-settingly wet – across...
