Rivanna Conservation Alliance

10/19/2026

Leadership, self-reflection, and connections with nature. These were the themes of our extraordinary paddle with The LoveNoEgo Foundation this weekend.

The clouds moved along just in time for a beautiful fall day on the reservoir. Many thanks to the Rivanna River Company for providing kayaks for our adventure, and to our friend Horace Scruggs for engaging our crew in meaningful discussions about self discovery, sense of place, and belonging.

Thank you to the The LoveNoEgo Foundation for all you do for youth in our community and for a fun time on the water!

10/15/2026

🌳 Join us for a volunteer workday at Pen Park on Friday, October 23rd from 1-4pm!

Together with Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards and Rivanna Master Naturalists, we’ll check on trees and shrubs planted by the Rivanna Forest Restoration Partnership to see how they’re growing and identify which areas may need replanting later this year.

Go to www.rivannaforestpartnership.org/volunteer for the full details and to sign up!

10/09/2026

Thank you to Haley with The Daily Progress for spending some time to talk to us about RCA's cleanup efforts through the Rivanna River Round-Up!

The seventh annual Rivanna River cleanup this September pulled in more than 3 tons of garbage.

10/02/2026

A little fieldwork surprise! 🐢 Our biological monitors went out collecting samples and crossed paths with a sweet box turtle.

10/01/2026

“What is RCA going to do with all of the tires collected during the Rivanna River Round-Up?” Take them to a free tire disposal day!

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority invites residents from Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville, and the Town of Scottsville to dispose of used and dry rotted tires on Saturday, October 10th between 8:30am and 4pm.

🛞 Please bring help to unload
🛞 Tires do not need to be removed from their rims
🛞 No commercial truck tires will be accepted

For more information, visit www.rivannasolidwaste.org/event/special-collection-event-tires-2

09/30/2026

The stats for the 2026 Rivanna River Round-Up are in! Drum roll please… 🥁🥁

💙 231 volunteers
💙 22 cleanups from September 9 to September 26
💙 524 bags of trash
💙 38 tires

Thank you to every single volunteer, our partners, and sponsors for your part in making a huge impact in our watershed. Our river, trails, and streams thank you 💙

09/25/2026

Thank you to Dos Amigos Landscaping for their generous sponsorship of the Rivanna River Round-Up! They also provided a dumpster at the RCA office, which made collecting trash so easy!

There are two more Round-Up cleanups tomorrow (Saturday) hosted by Cville Litter Pickers! Visit cvillelitterpickers.org/events for more information.

09/25/2026

Come say hey to RCA at this lovely event this Sunday from 3-7pm! We'll be making milkweed seed bombs! 🦋

🦋 Celebrate the monarch butterfly at the Butterfly Festival! Join us Sunday, September 27 from 3–7 PM at Darden Towe Park for a FREE afternoon of music, nature, culture and family fun celebrating the monarchs’ fall migration from Central Virginia to Mexico.

Highlights include:
• Live music from The Lua Project and Brookhouse
• The Wriggling Brothers Circus, a puppet show by Barefoot Puppet Company
• Metamorphosis, an aerialist performance by Host of Sparrows
• BioBlitz hosted by Piedmont Discovery Center
• Crafts and activities
• Food trucks

Presented in partnership with Albemarle County Parks & Recreation.

09/24/2026

We see you, fall 👀

09/22/2026

Thank you to at Digs, Inc. for another year of being a Watershed Champion sponsor for the Rivanna River Round-Up! We are grateful for supportive neighbors in our little River Road community.

Didn’t get enough this past weekend? The Cville Litter Pickers are leading two cleanups this Saturday as part of the Round-Up. Sign up on their website, cvillelitterpickers.org/events and keep the good times rolling!