No matter the effort, it’s always the last 10% that is the back breaker. This year has been the toughest we’ve ever had. Perhaps its because we’re so spread out this season, from the boldery headwaters to the wide rock gardens of the confluence, we are dealing with more logistical and weather difficulties than ever […]
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Author: Michael Collins
Dear StreamSweeper Supporter, (from email blast sent out evening 6/29….) We started our year with a great group of StreamSweepers (pictured below) who completed a week long training regimen for ecological assessment, canoe safety, invasive species identification, global positioning systems (GPS), entrepreneurship and risk management. They have finished their ecological assessment from the Upper Rapidan at Shenandoah National […]
We’re hiring 2015 Team members NOW. Call the office at 540-672-2542 or send an email to debbie@americanclimatepartners.org to be a part of one of the toughest and most rewarding jobs around.
During the 2014 season, Sweepers found several large tanks on area rivers too large to be extracted with boats (see below). After months of planning and waiting for the ground to freeze, on Saturday, January 10, Sweepers with Partner Contour Construction, LLC (Mark, Jamie on excavator, Lee on drove dump truck, and Danny) mobilized at […]
StreamSweepers Landowner Outreach Manager – StreamSweepers is a nationally recognized river maintenance service staffed by young adults from Virginia. StreamSweepers is a workforce development program of the American Climate Partners, a growing non-profit company using business to heal nature. ACP employees work within a horizontal structure, equally sharing the risks and rewards of their entrepreneurial […]
On January 1, an anonymous donor provided generous financial support for this year’s goal of cleaning and assessing 80 miles of river valleys in the Rappahannock, Rapidan, Hughes, Hazel, Conway, and Rose watersheds of Central Virginia. This support already brings the program 10% of the way towards its goal of $150,000 in riverside landowner fees […]
On Sunday, September 14th at the American Canoe Association Paddling Summit, the StreamSweepers program was presented the “Sanctioned Event of the Year” award. Beth Seale, On-Water-Manager for StreamSweepers traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan to accept this national award on behalf of StreamSweepers and the American Climate Partners.
The American Climate Partners has launched this new website specifically for the StreamSweepers program. We will be adding new content in the weeks ahead. Thanks for stopping by. For more information on StreamSweepers, contact Outreach Manager Buzz VanSantvoord at 540-661-6283.