Join the Rivanna Conservation Alliance for a volunteer open house on Thursday, February 15th. Come by the RCA office anytime between 4 and 7 PM to learn about our programs and the many ways you can get involved. We’ll have staff on hand to share information about our monitoring, restoration, education, and stewardship activities. New [...]
**THIS TRAINING IS FULL** Join us to become a trained FrogWatch USA volunteer! FrogWatch USA is a nationwide citizen science program that helps monitor wetland health and amphibian population status by teaching communities to report on the calls of local frogs and toads. This program is headed by the Akron Zoo and has over 140 [...]
Help RCA install signs at Burley Middle School that will showcase the work being done by students! Since 2019, Burley students have planted trees, a rain garden and a meadow on their school's campus. In 2023, Burley 6th graders researched 18 of the native plant species and wrote up descriptions that are on RCA's website. [...]
Live staking is a riverbank stabilization technique that uses dormant tree and shrub cuttings to help reduce sediment load in streams and rivers. This year, RCA needs your help to plant 800 of these shrubs along the Rivanna River! We will access the riverbank locations by canoe and wade along muddy banks. Volunteers should be [...]
Join us to help protect clean water! RCA has partnered with the City of Charlottesville to reforest two acres of riverfront land with native hardwood trees and shrubs. We will be working along a very popular stretch of the Rivanna Trail to plant species that will filter pollutants, provide habitat, and prevent erosion. All training [...]
Join us to help protect clean water! We will be planting native trees and shrubs along Mechunk Creek in Keswick. These species will filter pollutants, provide habitat, and prevent erosion. All training will be provided on site, and RCA will provide all tools necessary for planting. Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes and anything they are [...]
Join us to help protect clean water! RCA needs your help to plant over an acre of native hardwood trees and shrubs along Miller Creek at Scottsville Elementary. This stream flows into Totier Creek, which provides the drinking water for Scottsville. All training will be provided on site, and RCA will provide all tools necessary [...]
Join RCA, The Nature Conservancy, and the City of Charlottesville for a day of stewardship along the Rivanna River. We will be working to remove invasive vines and plants that are threatening native plant communities. All necessary training will be provided on site and workday organizers will be providing tools and gloves. Volunteers should bring [...]
Join RCA and Orvis and show some love to our urban streams this Earth Day! We will be picking up trash along Schenks Branch, which parallels McIntire Road and drains to Meadow Creek. RCA will provide all materials needed for the cleanup including gloves, trash bags and trash pickers. There will also be a limited [...]
Join RCA for an evening of frog, toad, and other pond critter identification at the Scheier Natural Area ponds in Fluvanna County. No flip flops, please! Old sneakers are preferable. A headlamp or flashlight, a camera, and curiosity are necessary. RCA will provide nets and identification materials. End the evening with s'mores around the campfire. [...]