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Virginia Wildlife Habitat Cooperative

Virginia Wildlife Habitat Cooperative Spring 2020 Project Highlights

See photos of our projects.

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SoilKeepers

SoilKeepers Spring 2020 Project Highlights

See new photos of our pollinator and regenerative lawn projects.

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StreamSweepers

Clinch River StreamSweepers Set Records for Comprehensive Industrial Trash Removal

Every few days, this is what the Clinch StreamSweepers are pulling out of one the most beautiful and biologically diverse rivers in North America.

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StreamSweepers Train Friends of the Middle River on GPS-based Trash and Resilience Assessment

Earlier this week, StreamSweepers Senior Staff trained one of Virginia’s best watershed groups – Friends of the Middle River on their digital resilience assessment, including the locations of trash and junk in the river. A great group of volunteers is going to begin work in the next few weeks using the same protocol that has […]

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Clinch River StreamSweepers Hired, Trained, and Hitting the Ground Running for 2019

Clinch River Program Manager Maddie Gordon and OnWater Manager Kira Lander have hired an incredible crew for this summer: Shiloh Lyttle, Dalton Mullins, Della Cole, Bryona Ward, Erin Stanley, Will Sowards, Wilder Meade, Dylan Hall

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Friends of Hazel River Trained for Summer 2019 Ecological Assessment

Thanks to Natural Capital Board Member Superstar Harriet Giles for organizing a Friends of the Hazel River volunteer group to tackle Hazel River Assessment beginning the Summer of 2019. With a rapid mini-fundraising campaign for new Garmin GPS units successfully under their belts and training on StreamSweepers ecological assessment protocol used on hundreds of miles […]

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StreamSweepers is Now Hiring in Southwest Virginia for the Clinch River Cleanup

Call Maddie Gordon at 276-608-7899 for more information.

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StreamSweepers Will Be Hiring in 2019 for Staff in the Shenandoah and Clinch River Valleys

StreamSweepers will be hiring Program Managers, On-water Managers, and Sweeping Staff next year. Our new Shenandoah Valley Satellite Office will need a Middle River Comprehensive Cleanup Program Manager, On-water Manager, and Sweeping Staff. The Clinch River Satellite Office will need an On-water Manager and Sweepers. The Middle River crew will be working in the vicinity […]

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StreamSweepers Receives Endorsement of Organizations and Agencies to Proceed with Comprehensive Cleanup of the Clinch and Middle Rivers in 2019

After 2 years of assessment of the Clinch River (St. Paul, VA) and nearly a year of river cleanup concept discussions with the Friends of the Middle River (Staunton, VA), StreamSweepers has the green light to proceed with comprehensive cleanup in Partnership with a host of area conservation and social organizations and agencies. Fundraising and […]

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StreamSweepers Flood Cleanup Job Corps

StreamSweepers is partnering with Central Virginia social services organizations and equipment contractors to help suburban and rural landowners clean up their properties from flood damage. The program will train and employ local young adults (age 18 and above) in flood related disaster relief to remove flood debris in flood damaged properties along rivers and streams. […]