Let's put in some volunteering on Labor Day! We will be welcoming volunteers to Scheier to help with a few tasks like removing invasive vines, cutting autumn olive, pulling cattails, and general trail cleanup. This site is about 30 minutes from Charlottesville, and no dogs are allowed. Volunteers need to wear sturdy, closed toe shoes, [...]
Join RCA and members of the Rivanna Forest Restoration Partnership for an invasive management and tree maintenance workday in Darden Towe 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 [...]
This training is designed for current benthic monitors who collect benthic field samples and/or participate in lab days. The aim of this workshop is to develop identification skills, refine family-level characteristics, and cover any topics monitors may need additional help with. Advanced training is required to become a certified benthic monitor and adopt benthic sites. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Join RCA for our biggest community watershed cleanup of the year! Signups will open soon for the 7th Annual Rivanna River Round-Up. Cleanups will take place on and around Saturday, September 19th, all across the Rivanna River watershed. Have an idea of a site that could use a group cleanup? Nominate a site here!
Join us at Camp Albemarle for Charlottesville Middle School (formerly Buford)'s 7th grade watershed exploration field trips! We will be running stream macroinvertebrate sampling, a forest walk, and various ecology-related games with each group. You do not need to have any experience, and we will provide an orientation for new volunteers. Thank you so much [...]
Join us at Camp Albemarle for Charlottesville Middle School (formerly Buford)'s 7th grade watershed exploration field trips! We will be running stream macroinvertebrate sampling, a forest walk, and various ecology-related games with each group. You do not need to have any experience, and we will provide an orientation for new volunteers. Thank you so much [...]
Join us at Camp Albemarle for Charlottesville Middle School (formerly Buford)'s 7th grade watershed exploration field trips! We will be running stream macroinvertebrate sampling, a forest walk, and various ecology-related games with each group. You do not need to have any experience, and we will provide an orientation for new volunteers. Thank you so much [...]