by Ryan Walsh | Feb 14, 2022 | From The Marsh, News |
Welcome back to the Marsh! It’s a rainy winter’s day in the marsh and although there is life teeming around us, not much is active at the moment and many organisms are taking it easy until the spring. Today we are going to investigate a hammock out in the marsh. No,...
by Ryan Walsh | Jan 12, 2022 | From The Marsh, News |
Welcome back to the marsh! Today, we are exploring one of the most important organisms that call these places home, oysters! The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is a bivalve in the mollusc phylum. Oysters are one of the most commercially important species in...
by Ryan Walsh | Dec 8, 2021 | From The Marsh, News |
Welcome back to the marsh! Today, we will be talking about an interesting plant that inhabits salt marshes and can be eaten. Saltwort, Salicornia virginica, is a flowering, succulent plant in the Amaranth family that can be found along the upper reaches of tidal...
by jravirginia | Sep 7, 2021 | News, Watershed Restoration |
The James River Association (JRA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, received a federal grant, administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), to design and construct living shorelines on agricultural lands located in Charles City County, Virginia...
by Ryan Walsh | Jul 28, 2021 | From The Marsh, News |
Welcome back to the marsh! Today, we are going to dive a little bit deeper (pardon the pun!) and explore the subtidal zone (fresh water and non-tidal) in the James. Specifically, we are going to examine a plant that is crucial to maintaining good water quality and...