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Living Shoreline Collaborative Partner Highlight: Ryan Walsh
Welcome to the Living Shoreline Collaborative’s (LSC) Partner Highlights! In this series, we are meeting with LSC partners to learn more about them, their home organizations, and why they have chosen to be a part of the collaborative.For this month’s Living Shoreline...
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Summer on Rip Raps Island
Summer time brings awesome river activities like boating, swimming, and fishing. In Tidewater, at the mouth of the James River, it also brings with it thousands of new residents. Not tourists…birds. Each summer Rip Raps Island at the mouth of the James River hosts the...
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Thank you Volunteers and Riparian Stewards for a Great Spring Season!
The JRA Restoration team had another amazing spring planting season in the Middle James watershed! In total, we planted 69 acres (21,848 trees!) of new streamside forest. Of that, 3.4 acres (1,042 trees) were installed with the help of awesome JRA volunteers, and...
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Press Release: JRA James River Watch Program Keeps River Users Informed
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Tom Dunlap, James Riverkeeper James River Association tdunlap@thejamesriver.org | phone 804.905.9724 The James River Association’s James River Watch ProgramKeeps River Users Informed Every Memorial Day...
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Plant This, Not That, 2024 Edition
Spring is the perfect time to celebrate native plants. What better way to embrace the season than by enhancing your landscape with these essential species! While non-native and invasive species offer little ecological value and can even cause harm to natural...
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James River Buffers: Am I eligible?
What makes my property eligible to participate in the James River Buffer Program? The James River Association (JRA) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) are celebrating the success of the James River Buffer Program, which has now been around for over 5 years. Over...
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Press Release: High School Students Present Capstone Projects Focused on Protecting the James River
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 CONTACT:Erin Hillert, Assistant Director of Communications James River Association(e)ehillert@thejamesriver.org (c) 608.239.2644High School Students Present Capstone Projects Focused on Protecting the James...
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Press Release: Take a Guided River Trip to Protect the James
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:May 7, 2024 CONTACT:Erin Hillert, James River Association(e) ehillert@thejamesriver.org (c) 608.239.2644Take a Guided River Trip to Protect the James River lovers can book a boat or paddle trip benefiting the James River...
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James River Association Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grant
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2024 CONTACT:Erin Hillert, James River Association (e) ehillert@thejamesriver.org (c) 608.239.2644James River Association Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grant [HOPEWELL, VA] – MAY 2,...
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Press Release: Celebrate Migratory Fish and Free Flowing Rivers
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 25, 2024 CONTACT: Erin Hillert, James River Association (e) ehillert@thejamesriver.org (c) 608.239.2644 Local Partners Invite You to Celebrate Migratory Fish and Free Flowing Rivers World Fish Migration Day comes to Richmond...
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