Join us to help protect clean water! Riparian buffers are essential to clean, healthy streams. Vegetated stream banks filter pollutants, provide habitat, and prevent erosion. During this workday, we will work individually and distanced to plant bare root saplings along a stream corridor. All tools and instruction will be provided. Please bring water and dress [...]
Sunday, April 25! In preparation for the Rivanna River Race, we will be conducting a cleanup and safety paddle from Brook Hill River Park to Rivanna River Company. Participants will need to arrange their own shuttle and provide their own boats. Kayaks and canoes can be rented through the Rivanna River Company at rivannarivercompany.com/trip-schedule-details-prices Register [...]
The Rivanna RiverFest started in 2019 as a community celebration of the Rivanna River, hosted by multiple groups. This year, the Rivanna RiverFest will run for more than a week (May 1-9) and include a range of activities. Most require advanced registration and spots are very limited, so sign-up soon. The Rivanna River Race registration [...]
Join us for the 15th Annual Rivanna River Race: an exciting downriver canoe & kayak race that runs 6.8-miles from the Route 29 Bridge at Rio Mills Road to the Rivanna River Company, just south of Free Bridge. For more information and to register, visit: https://htru.io/RnDf
Join RCA staff for a Clean the Bay Day stream cleanup at Schenks Branch in Charlottesville. We will be working in areas of thick vegetation, so please wear long pants and sturdy shoes that can get wet. We will have all cleanup supplies and gloves available. Sign up here: https://htru.io/RtkH Contact info@rivannariver.org with any questions.
Volunteers will collect trash as we paddle along a popular 1.5-mile stretch of the Rivanna River. You can complete your registration up to the start of the event each week. We will launch at 6pm from the Rivanna River Company and wrap up by 8pm at Riverview Park. The paddle is self-supported. Volunteers will need [...]
Help RCA celebrate the much anticipated return of Charlottesville's Fridays After Five Concert Summer Concert Series by joining us in running the draft beer trailer during the show. We will be slinging beers while listening to the tunes of Chamomile and Whiskey and raising funds for RCA! Volunteers must be 21 or older. All volunteers [...]
Each Tuesday* a Rivanna Conservation Alliance River Steward and volunteers will collect trash as we paddle along a popular 1.5-mile stretch of the Rivanna River. You can complete your registration up to an hour before the start of the event each week. This event will be weekly through August 2020. We will plan to launch at 6pm from [...]
Each Tuesday* a Rivanna Conservation Alliance River Steward and volunteers will collect trash as we paddle along a popular 1.5-mile stretch of the Rivanna River. You can complete your registration up to an hour before the start of the event each week. This event will be weekly through August 2020. We will plan to launch at 6pm from [...]
Each Tuesday* a Rivanna Conservation Alliance River Steward and volunteers will collect trash as we paddle along a popular 1.5-mile stretch of the Rivanna River. You can complete your registration up to an hour before the start of the event each week. This event will be weekly through August 2020. We will plan to launch at 6pm [...]
