Scheier Survival Workshop

More than 30 children and their grown ups gathered at the Scheier Natural Area in Fluvanna County for a survivial workshop taught by Steve Pullinger and Rich Meeker.  The participants learned how to build a temporary shelter with sticks and leaves, learned how to build a fire without matches (no small task) and were told to think [...]

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Airport Buffer Planting

   
More than 125 volunteers participated in the November 14 and 15 RCS/CHO Riparian Buffer Tree Planting at the Charlottesville/Albemarle Airport.  Ann Mallek, Vice Chair of the Albemarle Country Board of Supervisors joined with Barbara Hutchinson, CHO Executive Director and Robbi Savage, RCS Executive Director to welcome the volunteers to the event.  Steve Pence, RCS Co-Founder, Chris French, VA [...]

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TeensGIVE Water Monitoring

Last year RCS established a partnership with the TeensGIVE organization.    As a part of this program, RCS facilitates chemical and biological monitoring in area streams.  By getting the young people into the water to monitor for pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and clarity, they learn about nature and their important role in preserving watershed habitats.  The [...]

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Virginia Garden Club

RCS facilitated the November 5, 2009 Virginia Garden Club field trip at Woolen Mills.    To help make the walking tour more personal, RCS invited former Charlottesville Mayor Kay Slaughter and Bill Emory, Charlottesville Planning Commission and Woolen Mills Historical Society to share their knowledge of community (both live in Woolen Mills neighborhood) with the Garden [...]

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Governors’ School

RCS joined with educators from Fluvanna, Louisa and Goochland, as well as  government officials from Fluvanna to conduct the Governors’ School event at the Heritage Trail of Pleasant Grove. 
    
This year’s event, held on October 22, brought teens from Fluvanna, Goochland and Louisa High Schools to conduct; 1  Macro Invertebrate Stream Study – Frank Persico/Steve Pence/Chuck Wright, 2  [...]

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Whole Foods Fund Raisers

In 2008 Whole Foods Market launched a program called 5 at 5 to support local nonprofits by pairing 5 selected foods and wines as tastings for Friday Night shoppers.  The nonprofit sells tickets to the shoppers, with all proceeds going directly to the organization, staffs the five tasting tables with Whole Foods personnel.  Whole Foods also [...]

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Youth Watershed Summit

 
More than 165 students from Nathaniel Greene Elementary School participated in the Youth Watershed Summit on World Water Monitoring Day.  The event was co-hosted by the Rivanna Conservation Society and the Nathaniel Greene Elementary School. 
Students spent half a day in and around South River at Bluet Crag Farm on Dundee Rd. With the help of [...]

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Teacher Watershed Summit

 
 

On October 6, 2009 more than 60 teachers, educators and environmental professionals gathered for the Third RCS Teacher Watershed Summit.  The event, held at City Space on te downtown mall, included a number of outstanding presentations including those of RCS co-founder Steve Pence, Rivana Water & Sewer Authority’s Executive Director Tom Frederick, Gary Fern,Executive Director [...]

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Old Farm Day

RCS joined in the fun at the October 3, 2009 Old Farm Day, held each year at Pleasant Grove in Palmyra.  As one of the hundreds of exhibitors, RCS concludes its annual drawing for the kayak and a rain barrel – kayak winner Bill Purcell and rain barrel winner Billy Martin.  Special thanks for RCS [...]

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20th Annual Rivanna Clean Up

Saturday September 26, 2009.  The Rivanna River Clean Up took place in the rain today, with nearly 100 volunteers collecting more than 75 bags of trash, hundreds of pounds of scrap metal and dozens of old tires.  Household debris was the worst offender with diapers, bottles and cans collected by the volunteers who were soaked [...]

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