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Meet our Volunteers: Stacey H.
We are honored by the dozens of volunteers that work with us every month. Whether spending an afternoon planting trees with our James River Buffer Program, taking weekly water samples as a Water Quality Monitor volunteer, or patrolling a section of river a few times a...
Press Release: Charles City County Opens Public Camping Area at Lawrence Lewis, Jr. Park
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Wednesday, August 19, 2020 CONTACT:Justin Doyle Community Conservation Manager James River Association (804) 572-4667 jdoyle@thejamesriver.orgCharles City County Opens Public Camping Area at Lawrence Lewis, Jr. Park A new public...
From the Marsh: Hurricanes!
It has been hurricane season for a couple months now and the tropics are really heating up! Hurricanes and tropical storms are formed when hot air from sub-Saharan Africa blow over the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Loosely organized thunderstorms begin rotating...
Meet Our Volunteers: John Bragg
We are honored by the dozens of volunteers that work with us every month. Whether spending an afternoon planting trees with our James River Buffer Program, taking weekly water samples as a Water Quality Monitor volunteer, or patrolling a section of river a few times a...
Meet Volunteer Richard Schauffler
We are honored by the dozens of volunteers that work with us every month. Whether spending an afternoon planting trees with our James River Buffer Program, taking weekly water samples as a Water Quality Monitor volunteer, or patrolling a section of river a few times a...
From the Marsh: Living Shoreline Edition
Welcome back to the marsh! Today we’re visiting a very special, brand new marsh, the James River Association’s very first living shoreline! Living shorelines are a stabilized shoreline made from natural materials, including sand, marsh plants, and sometimes oyster...
Know Before You Go
One of my favorite ways to spend weekends during the summer is on the water. When you’re making your weekend plans, make sure to check river conditions at the James River Watch website to see if it’s safe to swim or boat. On the website we’ve gathered together...
Meet our 2020 Water Quality Coordinator, Genevieve Wall
by Genevieve Wall Spending quality time around local waterways deeply impacted my childhood. I grew up in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and on weekends, my family would frequently make the trek over to Rock Creek Park. My younger sister and I would...
Native Vines in the James River Watershed
This humid, rainy weather reminds me of the jungle and what plant is the quintessential jungle plant? Vines! Walking along streams and through the woods lately it appears that the only vines I see are the invasive species. Wisteria, English ivy, oriental bittersweet,...
From the Marsh: Blue Crabs
Welcome back to the marsh! Blue crabs are one of the most important invertebrates in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to humans at least! They certainly live up to their scientific name of Callinectes sapidus, or beautiful tasty swimmer, and can be found throughout all...
