Come join us on Sunday June 26, 2016 for the first RCA Volunteer Appreciation Day at its Scheier Natural Area. Address: 917 Long Acre Road, Palmyra, VA 22963. Time 2pm - 5pm. This will be a pot luck and we ask that you bring your own plates, flatware and cups to help reduce trash and [...]
RCA will be teaching young people how to monitor water quality for chemical parameters.
The RCA Board of Directors is meeting on Thursday July 21, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm.
If you are a volunteer monitor for our Benthic Program and if it's time for your re-certification, please join us on August 2nd from 6:00pm - 8:30pm. To register please contact Jessica Dodds jessicadodds@rivannariver.org who will share session details and location.
If you have been thinking about how to engage with the community, if you have an interest in the environment and water quality and if you would like to monitor the health of the Rivanna River, please join us for our Introductory Benthic Monitoring Training. Please contact Jessica Dodds (jessicadodds@rivannariver.org) to register for the Sunday [...]
RCA will be volunteer staffing the beverage carts at the Fridays after Five Concert starring "The Currys". Come out to listen to free music and chat with RCA volunteers and staff. If you would like to help work one of the beverage carts please email Justin Altice as soon as possible: justinaltice@rivannariver.org
The RCA StreamWatch fall monitoring season begins September 15. In preparation for the upcoming season RCA wants to ensure that current and would-be monitors have the training they need to have a successful monitoring experience. To that end, we will be holding a training for advanced benthic monitoring skills. Questions? Please contact Jessica Dodds, Benthic Monitoring Specialist at jessicadodds@rivannariver.org
RCA's Science Advisory Committee will be meeting on Wednesday August 24 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.
RCA will be volunteer staffing the beverage carts at the "Flume" concert under the Sprint Pavilion on the Downtown Mall. If you will be attending the concert please stop by a beverage cart to grab a drink and chat with RCA volunteers and staff. RCA volunteers for these concert events to raise money for RCA [...]
As part of the Viginia Conservation Network's Virgnia Environmental Assembly at the University of Virginia, RCA and the Rivanna River Company will be teaming up to guide a paddle on the Rivanna River. The assembly will bring together conservation leaders from across Virginia and provide a forum for discussion on key environmental issues and an opportunity [...]
