Enjoy the sweetness of a late-summer evening with a relaxed, all-abilities bike ride to a semi-secret beach on the Rivanna River. The ride will include a quick visit to Farmers in the Park and an optional dip in the river (so bring your towel and appropriate attire and footwear if you plan to get wet!). [...]
*Class full! Please stay tuned for more trainings coming soon!* This training is for new volunteers interested in the Bacteria Monitoring Program. No previous experience is needed. Please contact the bacteria monitoring manager with questions or to register.
This training is the first step to becoming a benthic volunteer with RCA. The training will cover the fundamentals of stream biological sampling - catching and identifying aquatic invertebrates for the purpose of evaluating water quality and stream health. No previous experience is needed. The training workshops are free, but class size is limited. To [...]
Advanced benthic monitor training is designed for current benthic volunteers who participate in real field samples and/or do regular lab identification. The aim is to further those ID skills, refine some family characteristics, and cover any topics volunteers need additional help with. The training workshop is free, but class size is limited. To reserve a [...]
*Class full! Please stay tuned for more trainings coming soon!* This training is the first step to becoming a benthic volunteer with RCA. The training will cover the fundamentals of stream biological sampling – catching and identifying aquatic invertebrates for the purpose of evaluating water quality and stream health. No previous experience is needed. [...]
The Piedmont Master Gardeners are hosting a climate awareness/environmental sustainability education event at the Paramount Theater on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, with two great speakers: Dennis Dimick, a former National Geographic picture/environment editor for over 37 years and Jeremy S. Hoffman, PH.D. a climate and earth scientist from Science Museum of Virginia. Please join us [...]
Advanced benthic monitor training is designed for current benthic volunteers who participate in real field samples and/or do regular lab identification. The aim is to further those ID skills, refine some family characteristics, and cover any topics volunteers need additional help with. The training workshop is free, but class size is limited. To reserve a [...]
Join us to clean up a portion of the Rivanna trail starting at the Darden Towe Boat Ramp in advance of FLOW: The Rivanna River Arts Festival. Please e-mail exec@rivannariver.org to register.
The annual Rivanna River Basin Commission (RRBC) Conference will be Friday morning, September 27, 9-11:30 am. Conference attendees will gather in Lane Auditorium in the Albemarle County Office Building. The invitation is attached. The topic is about storm water, and particularly the Before the Storm report each jurisdiction received more than a decade ago. Please come yourself to [...]
Join us for FLOW: The Rivanna River Arts Festival on Saturday, September, 28th, along the Rivanna Trail! The event starts at 11:00 AM at Darden Towe’s Boat Ramp. Chroma Projects is collaborating with The Rivanna Conservation Alliance to bring you this one day celebration of our river. FLOW 2019 will feature many of last year’s visual and [...]