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6th Annual RiverRats Raft Up
6th Annual RiverRats Raft Up October 8, 2016 New Kent Forestry Center, Providence Forge, VA on the Chickahominy River The annual RiverRats Raft Up is a gathering of the James River Association's core volunteer group, the RiverRats. Since 2013, we have trained...
Lynchburg Education Update
Lynchburg educational paddles are off and running this fall season. Our education team currently has 15 paddle trips planned from September to November. The schools involved with these educational paddles are EC Glass High School, Heritage High School and Amherst...
2016 Williamsburg Annual Meeting
To celebrate our 40th Anniversary, we are hosting three Annual Meetings throughout the James River watershed this year. Our Wiliamsburg Annual Meeting was held on October 6 at The Williamsburg Winery in Williamsburg and featured a viewing of the film Beautiful...
Author and Co-founder of Children & Nature Network, Richard Louv, to speak at James River Association event in Lynchburg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2016 CONTACT: Sherrie Tribble Special Events & Major Gifts Officer (804) 339-5062 stribble@jrava.org Author and Co-founder of Children & Nature Network, Richard Louv, to speak at James River Association event in Lynchburg On...
Volunteering for the James
Meet Nora Cox, a Lynchburg resident who works at the Central Virginia Community College as an Adjunct Biology Instructor. She’s an Upper James RiverRat who is also active in her local Master Naturalist chapter. Nora patrols Blackwater Creek, which is basically in her...
Beautiful Swimmers
The blue crab may be the most well known species of the Chesapeake Bay, and a translation of the scientific name helps to reveal why. Callinectes is Greek for beautiful swimmer, and sapidus translates to delicious or savory in Latin.
SURVEY SAYS…
The results are in: This past Labor Day marks the 4th year of the James River Association water monitoring at popular recreational river locations on the James and its tributaries. Each week between Memorial Day and Labor Day, trained and dedicated volunteers...
Award Winning Chesapeake Bay Writer, Tom Horton, to speak at James River Association Event in Williamsburg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2016 CONTACT: Sherrie Tribble Special Events & Major Gifts Officer (804) 339-5062 stribble@jrava.org Award Winning Chesapeake Bay Writer, Tom Horton, to speak at James River Association Event in Williamsburg On Thursday,...
Wastewater discharge permit approved for Chesterfield Power Station
On September 22, 2016, the State Water Control Board approved a permit to allow discharge of wastewater from coal ash and other ongoing process from the Chesterfield Power Station into the James River. While we were hopeful to have some key changes made to the permit,...
Speak up for the James River – State Water Control Board Meeting September 22nd
In July 2016, the James River Association and the Southern Environmental Law Center submitted detailed comments to DEQ outlining how the draft Chesterfield Power Station permit fell short in adequately protecting the river, the species that rely on it and the citizens...
