Do you want to become a citizen scientist? The Rivanna Conservation Alliance (formerly StreamWatch) is the Rivanna Watershed’s local citizen science water monitoring organization. We are currently recruiting volunteers to help monitor bacteria levels in our streams. In 2012, we launched a local bacteria monitoring program, which helps us to detect potentially harmful levels of [...]
It's recommended that active StreamWatch monitors attend 1 advanced training a year. Please email Anne if you would like to attend. If you have attended an introductory StreamWatch benthic training you are welcome to sign up. We will be going over family level ID and other questions about benthic monitoring.
This event is canceled.
DRATS! CANCELLED BECAUSE OF RAIN AND SNOW STORMS - Please join the Rivanna Conservation Alliance and the University of Virginia for the World Water Day Cleanups at the Rivanna River at Free Bridge and at Meadow Creek near the K-Mart Shopping Center. These events are being co-sponsored by the Rivanna Conservation Alliance and the University [...]
Click here for more information and registration or follow this link: https://www.charlottesville.org/waterconservation
All day Venues throughout the City and U.Va. Grounds
Facilitator: Daphne Spain, Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning Panel Members: Congressional Legislation Roberta (Robbi) Savage, Executive Director, Rivanna Conservation Alliance and Instructor, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the School of Architecture Federal Regulation Jon Z. Cannon, Professor, Environmental Law; Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program Local Stormwater Utilities Kristel Riddervold, Environmental Administrator, City [...]
Workshop leaders will cover primitive fire making, shelter, cordage, finding safe water, basic traps and general survival tips. Meet at the kiosk. Please bring snacks/water and wear clothes that will get dirty. Heavy rain cancels. This is a Free Event, though donations for our new Scheier Education Center are ENCOURAGED For registration please click here!
This event is canceled.
The Rivanna Conservation Alliance (RCA) and Rivanna Master Naturalists are hosting an educational workshop and bonfire at the Scheier Natural Area in Palmyra, VA. Participants will identify and listen to the sounds of the night - frogs, toads, and other critters that live in the woods and in or around the ponds. With flashlights, you [...]