Rivanna Conservation Alliance

Rivanna Conservation Alliance Our River. Our Community. Our Job.

Summer is winding down 🌅 Today is the final day of RCA’s summer weekly bacteria sampling season. Check www.rivannariver....
09/03/2026

Summer is winding down 🌅 Today is the final day of RCA’s summer weekly bacteria sampling season.

Check www.rivannariver.org/bacteria for the results from today’s sampling at Darden Towe Park, Riverview Park, the Palmyra boat launch, and Batesville!

Come bid farewell, adieu, bon voyage, adios to the end of summer with RCA ✨Join us at the Rivanna River Company on Wedne...
09/01/2026

Come bid farewell, adieu, bon voyage, adios to the end of summer with RCA ✨

Join us at the Rivanna River Company on Wednesday, September 9th from 5:30-8:30 PM. Bring a snack or dinner, a chair or blanket for lounging, and maybe an outfit for one more summer splash in the river.

All are welcome at this casual, free, drop-in event. Drinks will be available for purchase. Please, no outside alcoholic beverages.

Sometimes, preparing for the Rivanna River Round-Up looks like this 🛶Jean Lea and Alana paddled a section of the Rivanna...
08/28/2026

Sometimes, preparing for the Rivanna River Round-Up looks like this 🛶

Jean Lea and Alana paddled a section of the Rivanna to scout for trash and tires. We hope that the water levels will hold for a paddle cleanup this September!

Have you signed up for the Rivanna River Round-Up yet? Visit tinyurl.com/RCARoundUp to get involved!

Come join the Rivanna Conservation Alliance for the 7th annual Rivanna River Round-Up! Sign ups are now open for cleanup...
08/25/2026

Come join the Rivanna Conservation Alliance for the 7th annual Rivanna River Round-Up! Sign ups are now open for cleanup events throughout the month of September.

RCA has several cleanups planned for sites across the Rivanna River watershed. Sign up to clean up along trails, in streams, along the river, and more!

Keep an eye on our volunteer page as we will add new cleanup sites.

Visit tinyurl.com/RCARoundUp or click on the link in our Linktree.

Teaching our students AND taking care of our planet? Teachers really do it all!Thank you to these St. Anne’s-Belfield te...
08/20/2026

Teaching our students AND taking care of our planet? Teachers really do it all!

Thank you to these St. Anne’s-Belfield teachers for spending their teacher workday with RCA to manage invasive plants in Riverview Park last week. The forests in Riverview are transforming thanks to the hard work of groups like these!

Wishing these rockstar teachers a smooth start back to school this week!

These med school students tried their hand at a different kind of healthcare… forest health!RCA partnered with the UVA S...
08/17/2026

These med school students tried their hand at a different kind of healthcare… forest health!

RCA partnered with the UVA School of Medicine’s incoming first years for their Day of Service. The students cleared invasive porcelain berry and oriental bittersweet from a volunteer management unit within Riverview Park. It was a fun and productive workday, with lots of conversation and a mid-workday puppy break.

Thank you to these students for their hard work and wishing them the very best of luck this school year!

Today, we remember Ida Swenson, a long-time volunteer and fierce supporter of RCA.Ida first began her volunteer journey ...
08/12/2026

Today, we remember Ida Swenson, a long-time volunteer and fierce supporter of RCA.

Ida first began her volunteer journey with RCA through our predecessor organization, StreamWatch, in 2006. Throughout the years, Ida became a dedicated certified benthic monitor and RCA watershed educator, and joyously co-hosted many Frog, Toad and Critter workshops at RCA’s Scheier Natural Area. Through countless hours of service, Ida helped protect the watershed she loved and did it all with gusto, a giant smile, and the occasional show tune. Ida leaves a legacy of love, devotion, and service that we at RCA hope to continue carrying forward through all of our work.

As Ida would lovingly sign off her emails to us here at RCA, “Many hugs to all of you,” to everyone who knew and loved Ida, and to everyone who did not have that pleasure. Vale, Ida (July 28, 1947 – August 2, 2026)

☀️ Join RCA at Riverview Park tomorrow, August 11th, for some fun to celebrate the last day before back to school! Pop b...
08/10/2026

☀️ Join RCA at Riverview Park tomorrow, August 11th, for some fun to celebrate the last day before back to school! Pop by between 10am and 12pm for river fun, art, and more!

Interested in becoming a trained biological monitor and contributing to RCA’s long-term dataset on the health of our wat...
08/10/2026

Interested in becoming a trained biological monitor and contributing to RCA’s long-term dataset on the health of our waterways? Sign up to participate in a fall training session!

There are only a few spots left in our introductory and advanced trainings this September.

Visit www.rivannariver.org/events to sign up.

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️ The 7th Annual Rivanna River Round-Up is on Saturday, September 19th!Since 2020, nearly 1,200 Round...
08/06/2026

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️ The 7th Annual Rivanna River Round-Up is on Saturday, September 19th!

Since 2020, nearly 1,200 Round-Up volunteers have removed 1,168 bags of trash and more than 500 tires from dozens of cleanup sites along trails, in streams, and along the river.

Sign ups will open soon for cleanups across the Rivanna River watershed on and around September 19th.

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1150 River Road, Suite 1
Charlottesville, VA
22901

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(434)9774837

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