World Water Day Live-staking Work Event
Join RCA to do some buffer restoration work along the Rivanna River on World Water Day! More information coming soon. To hold a spot, please e-mail info@rivannariver.org.
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Buffer Planting
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Live Staking on the Rivanna
Darden Towe Park 1445 Darden Towe Park Road,, CharlottesvilleLive staking is a riverbank stabilization technique which uses dormant tree and shrub cuttings to reduce sediment load in rivers. We will access the riverbank locations via canoe and wade along unstable and muddy banks. Volunteers should be comfortable navigating the river by boat as well as entering and exiting the canoe from the water. [...]
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Live Staking on the Rivanna
Darden Towe Park 1445 Darden Towe Park Road,, CharlottesvilleLive staking is a riverbank stabilization technique which uses dormant tree and shrub cuttings to reduce sediment load in rivers. We will access the riverbank locations via canoe and wade along unstable and muddy banks. Volunteers should be comfortable navigating the river by boat as well as entering and exiting the canoe from the water. [...]
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Tree Planting for Stream Buffer
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 [...]
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Dunlora Buffer Planting Day!
RCA is partnering with the James River Association for an exciting project in the Dunlora neighborhood. We will be installing over 9 acres of trees to create a riparian buffer around the Rivanna River, Town Branch and its tributaries. Join us on December 4 to plant 3/4 acre of this overall buffer plan! Volunteers should [...]
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Riparian Buffer Planting Workday
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 to plant bare root seedlings along a stream corridor in Free Union. All tools and instruction will be provided by RCA. Please bring water, [...]
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Buffer Planting Day
Help RCA plant more trees at two of our existing riparian buffer projects in Free Union! We will be planting a variety of native trees to improve the long-term health of the streams running through these two properties. We will also be maintaining the existing trees at these two sites (checking the trees, tubes and [...]
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Earth Day Tree Planting
Meade Park 300 Meade Ave, Charlottesville, VA, United StatesJoin the Rivanna Conservation Alliance and the City of Charlottesville for a morning of planting trees in Meade Park. We will be working to plant 8 large trees to improve the riparian buffer along Meade Creek. RCA will also demonstrate how their staff and volunteers take water quality samples and assess the health of streams [...]