by jravirginia | Jan 24, 2020 | Advocacy, News, Press Release |
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2020 CONTACT: Erin Hillert Marketing & Communications Manager (608) 239-2644 ehillert@thejamesriver.org EPA Rolls Back Critical Protections for the James River The Environmental Protection Agency has announced...
by jravirginia | Jan 22, 2020 | Advocacy, News |
Soon, Virginia’s House and Senate Agriculture Committees will take up two bills that could have major impacts on the health of the James River and the Chesapeake Bay. Together, these bills can protect a critical fish species and keep cows — and bacteria —...
by jravirginia | Jan 15, 2020 | News |
About the Living Shoreline Collaborative The Living Shoreline Collaborative (LSC) is a group of regional and state partners working together to scale up implementation of resilient practices along shorelines in the tidal James River watershed. The organizations...
by jravirginia | Jan 9, 2020 | Education, News |
In 2019, the James River Association was awarded a Chesapeake Bay Trust grant for Falling Creek Middle School students to visit our James River Ecology School on Presquile National Wildlife Refuge. The Ecology School is a joint venture with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
by Anna Killius | Jan 8, 2020 | Advocacy, News |
Today marks the start of the 2020 General Assembly session. Our representatives will have 60 days to get through a packed agenda, including a new two-year budget and a long list of priorities from the legislative body’s new leaders.2019 was a great year for clean...
by Ryan Walsh | Jan 8, 2020 | From The Marsh, News |
With most of the songbirds having long departed south, you would expect that marshes would be pretty quiet all winter-long. You would be incorrect! This is the time of year that waterfowl descend on our region in flocks that are thousands strong. Only a handful of...
