Join RCA and members of the Rivanna Forest Restoration Partnership for an invasive management and tree maintenance workday in Riverview Park. We will be managing invasive plants and maintaining our riparian buffer plantings. RCA will provide needed tools like loppers, pruners, gloves, and safety glasses, but feel free to bring your own. Volunteers should wear [...]

This training covers the fundamentals of benthic macroinvertebrate sampling; catching and identifying aquatic invertebrates for the purpose of evaluating water quality and stream health. This training includes both a classroom and a hands-on field component. In the classroom, we will go over RCA's Biological Monitoring Program, the organisms we monitor, our sampling protocol, and how [...]