by jravirginia | Aug 14, 2017 | Education, James River Leadership Academy, News |
We usually think of “community” as a group of people with something in common. Last week, students who were chosen to participate in the 2017-2018 James River Leadership Academy joined together from different places and built a new community of their own....
by Justin Doyle | Aug 8, 2017 | Community Conservation, News, Volunteer, Wildlife of the James |
Volunteers joined the James River Association and Art on Wheels to Paint Out Pollution in Hopewell on Saturday, August 5th. Volunteers used stencils of native animal species created by several artists to install art on 18 storm drains in Hopewell’s downtown area. Each...
by Pat Calvert | Dec 13, 2016 | News, Secrets of the James, Wildlife of the James |
If you believe that you may have witnessed a ferret slinking about riverbank rocks and crags, then chances are strong that you have in fact encountered its weaselly cousin, the American mink (Neovison vison). Webster’s Dictionary provides a less than flattering...
by Ben Watson | Nov 1, 2016 | News, Wildlife of the James |
To the keen eyed Virginian, the beginning of November is marked by several phenological events. To the motorist, the changing leaves are a summons to the high forests and winding roads of Shenandoah. To the city dweller, the transition might be unnoticed save for the...
by Jamie Brunkow | Aug 31, 2016 | Advocacy, James Riverkeeper, News |
Atlantic sturgeon have survived for 200 million years, but today these ancient goliaths are on the brink of extinction. Human activities have caused Atlantic sturgeon numbers to decline by way of overfishing, loss of spawning habitat, and poor water quality. In 2012...