• 2025 Richmond Invasive Species Awareness Week

    This year’s Richmond Invasive Species Awareness Week (RISAW) kicks off at Pony Pasture on Sunday, February 22 and events continue through Saturday, February 28. Note that all volunteer events require […]

  • Summer Camps – Early Bird Pricing Ends

    Registration is open for JRA Summer Camps - offered in Richmond, Lynchburg, Williamsburg and Hampton. Use code EarlyBird26 at checkout for 20% off of your registration. Code valid through the […]

  • River Rat Training 2026

    JRA's Williamsburg Office at Neck of Land 1335 Colonial Nat'l Historical Pkwy, Williamsburg, VA

    The River Rats program engages volunteers to patrol the James and its tributaries and report their sightings to us through the RiverRat portal, only accessible to RiverRats. Whether by walking a neighborhood stream, kayaking a local river, or boating the wide reaches of the lower James, RiverRats will document potential pollution sources and their effects […]

  • Live Stakes Collection Volunteer Event

    Free Union

    Partners of the Upper & Middle James Riparian Consortium are focused on restoring riparian forest buffers across the Upper and Middle James River watershed. Some streambanks face more erosion than others. Live staking is a low-cost, low-engineering strategy that can be a tool in stabilizing streambanks. We will be harvesting and collecting live stakes in […]

  • Live Stakes Collection Volunteer Event

    Crozet

    Partners of the Upper & Middle James Riparian Consortium are focused on restoring riparian forest buffers across the Upper and Middle James River watershed. Some streambanks face more erosion than others. Live staking is a low-cost, low-engineering strategy that can be a tool in stabilizing streambanks. We will be harvesting and collecting live stakes in […]

  • Live Stakes Collection Volunteer Event

    Crozet

    Partners of the Upper & Middle James Riparian Consortium are focused on restoring riparian forest buffers across the Upper and Middle James River watershed. Some streambanks face more erosion than others. Live staking is a low-cost, low-engineering strategy that can be a tool in stabilizing streambanks. We will be harvesting and collecting live stakes in […]

  • Live Stakes Collection Volunteer Event

    Crozet

    Partners of the Upper & Middle James Riparian Consortium are focused on restoring riparian forest buffers across the Upper and Middle James River watershed. Some streambanks face more erosion than […]

  • Volunteer Trash Cleanup

    Madison Heights Public Library 200 River James Shopping Center, Madison Heights, VA

    Join us for a trash cleanup in Amherst, Virginia! The James River Association is hosting two Community Trash Clean Up Events in Amherst County as part of the Greening Amherst […]

  • River View Yoga

    James A. Buzzard River Education Center 2825 Dock Street, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join us for a slow flow yoga class with a stunning view of the James River, held inside the James A. Buzzard River Education Center building in Richmond. Led by […]

  • Live Stakes Collection Volunteer Event

    Free Union

    Partners of the Upper & Middle James Riparian Consortium are focused on restoring riparian forest buffers across the Upper and Middle James River watershed. Some streambanks face more erosion than […]