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Teacher Appreciation Week
It is Teacher Appreciation Week! While we appreciate our teachers every day, this is the week set aside to recognize the impact they have on the lives of millions of children every day. We honor the teachers who play an important role in our children’s...
WIP 103: Shape It Up – Virginia’s Plan to WIP Wastewater into Shape
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...
WIP 102: Taking the Bull by the Horns — How Virginia’s Cleanup Plan Tackles Agricultural Runoff
How Virginia’s Cleanup Plan Tackles Agricultural Runoff As we covered in our first blog post, we’re in the home stretch of the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup -- the multistate effort to reduce pollution and restore clean water to the Bay and all of its...
Richmond City Council’s Consensus Budget Supports a Healthy and Accessible River
After numerous budget review and work sessions that began following the presentation of Mayor Stoney’s proposed budget last month, Richmond’s City Council reached a consensus on the FY 2020 budget Monday afternoon. The good news is the budget...
WIP 101: The Phase III WIP — Virginia’s Endgame for Cleaning Up the Bay
Earlier this month, Virginia became the first state to hammer out a draft of how we’ll meet our Bay Cleanup goals by 2025. It’s called the Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan, a.k.a. the WIP, and it’s peppered with strategies to reduce pollution and...
April Conservation Tips: Vernal Pools
Have you ever ventured into the woods after a rainy spring day and found what appears to be a new pond? You may have discovered one of the most exciting, albeit temporary, habitats in Virginia!Known as vernal pools, these ephemeral bodies of water appear...
Be A James Changer
Celebrate Earth Day Everyday. Be A James Changer. We are launching a new and exciting brand campaign! Even though our logo is changing, our mission is not! Since 1976, the James River Association has worked to improve the health of the James River from a...
Governor Northam’s Draft Chesapeake Bay Restoration Plan
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5th, 2019 CONTACT:Jamie BrunkowRiverkeeper and Senior Advocacy Manager(757) 634-4541jbrunkow@jrava.org Governor Northam’s Draft Chesapeake Bay Restoration Plan Charts a Course Towards a...
2017-2018 Chesapeake Bay Barometer
2017-2018 Chesapeake Bay Barometer: Encouraging Signs for Water Quality but with Challenges Ahead The Bay Barometer is a timely reminder that the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup effort is working, but that we have much work ahead to meet our 2025 goals. The annual Bay...
What does the Dirty Water Rule mean for the James River?
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...
