We had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sandy Hausman of WVTF Public Radio Charlottesville, during the StreamSweepers training week. Check out the interview.
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StreamSweepers 2016 Crew
A Great Crew! Photos from Training
Maria Pace graciously designed this amazing artwork on behalf of StreamSweepers for the 2016 season. During the ecological assessment phase of their work, StreamSweepers count the River Chub Minnow nests they find in the riverbed (check out this video of chub making a nest). Maria’s “minnows” are just a glimmer of the nature inspired art she creates daily. […]
Join us for a picnic lunch in the Restored Barn at Rounton Farm on Sunday May 22nd from Noon – 2 pm. Meet your fellow riverside landowners and join the conversation on floodplain restoration options for properties of any size. Learn about our new endeavors, including a partnership with Virginia Working Landscapes of the Smithsonian’s Conservation […]
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GIVE AND SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY – GIVE LOCAL PIEDMONT EXTENDED UNTIL 7PM TONIGHT! This coming Tuesday, May 3, is Give Local Piedmont — a day to support the local non-profit organizations that strengthen and enrich our communities. Give Local Piedmont empowers every person to give back to their local community by supporting the […]
StreamSweepers and the American Climate Partners, its parent group, and its Board of Directors thanks the Charlottesville Area Community Foundations Dave Mathews Band BAMA Works Fund for selecting StreamSweepers to receive financial assistance for 2016 Central Virginia river cleaning, assessment, and maintenance work. “Rivers are our life blood –thanks for supporting the continuous cleansing of […]
In 2015 StreamSweepers finished the promise begun 3 years ago to train and employ dozens of local young adults to sweep up garbage from the historic Rapidan River – all the way from Shenandoah National Park to Fredericksburg. This unprecedented achievement is the first time a corps of local high school and college students has […]
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What It Takes
This summer was another wonderful opportunity to witness a group of dedicated and amazing young adults working to complete the efforts started by another amazing group three years ago. By the end of the 2015 summer season the entire Rapidan River had been assessed to determine bank characteristics, buffer quality, erosion, tree canopy and more. […]
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Hometown Heroes
Help From Our Friends Results in Removal of a Tire Weighing 2100 Pounds In mid-July as the StreamSweepers crew was moving down the Rapidan River in the area near Raccoon Ford they discovered a tire like they had never seen before. On first glance it looked much like the large tractor tires they routinely find, but […]
Today, the 2015 StreamSweepers completed the first comprehensive assessment and cleaning of entire major river valley in Virginia. This vision, conceived by a small group of residents from Orange, VA to assess and clean the entire Rapidan River from Shenandoah National Park to Fredericksburg, was made possible only through the generous support of Rapidan and […]