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Press Release- New Report Highlights Climate Change, Toxic Flooding Threats to Vulnerable Communities in Virginia
Contact: Brian Gumm(202) 747-0698 x4bgumm@progressivereform.org New Report Highlights Climate Change, Toxic Flooding Threats to Vulnerable Communities in VirginiaMore than 1,000 flood-exposed industrial facilities in Virginia that use, store, or...
The JRLA has changed my life
by Maggie, James River Leadership Academy StudentThe James River Leadership Academy has changed almost every aspect of my life. This program has altered how I view myself and the world around me. When I first signed up, I had no idea what I was getting...
That’s a Wrap on the 2019 General Assembly
On Sunday, while Hollywood was abuzz with red carpet arrivals, lawmakers in Richmond were wrapping up and heading home. Awards season and the 2019 General Assembly may be over, but the James River won’t be going home empty handed. We’ve had some major wins...
James River Expedition Experience – Eliza Wrenn
The James River Expedition is an educational adventure, in which high school students collectively paddle the length of the James, teaches students conservation, responsible stewardship and the river’s history while camping and traveling aboard canoes,...
PRESS STATEMENT: General Assembly Takes Action to Protect Virginia’s Rivers from Coal Ash
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2019 CONTACT:Jamie BrunkowSenior Advocacy Manager and James Riverkeeper(757) 634-4541jbrunkow@jrava.org General Assembly Takes Action to Protect Virginia’s Rivers from Coal AshToday, in a...
Riverfront Advocates Encourage the City of Richmond to Fund Projects
Great cities around the world have great public spaces. The City of Richmond has wonderful parks and public spaces but none rival the the 600-acre James River Park System, known as the “Crown Jewel of the Richmond region.” The park system is...
James River Expeditions
In 2011, the James River Association launched the James River Expedition, a program geared towards high school students in an effort to get them outside, up close, and personal with the river. On this river adventure, students navigate the James entirely by canoes,...
Community Week with The Steward School
This fall the James River Association and The Steward School worked together to give their seventh-grade students a chance to connect with the James River. We called it “Community week in and around the James”. Approximately 60 seventh grade students were immersed...
2019 General Assembly begins today
Today marks the kickoff of the 2019 General Assembly! With only 45 days to finalize the 2020 budget and tackle pressing water quality issues impacting our state, the James River Association will be hard at work as a voice for our river. We’ve outlined our top...
Thank you volunteers for an amazing 2018!
RiverRats, trash collectors, storm drain painters, educators, and advocates - THANK YOU for your volunteerism in 2018! With all of the record-setting rain and flooding Mother Nature sent our way, we needed all the help we could get. Volunteers contributed over 5,500...
