Dates & Events
Board of Directors Meeting
Rivanna River Basin Commission
Thursday, Jan 3, 2008 @ 6:00pm – 8:00PM
Jefferson/Madison Regional Library
The Madison Room
201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
RCS Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch
Rescheduled from January
Rehabilitating Aging Infrastructure: Financial Challenge and Environmental Opportunity
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 @ Noon – 1:00pm
Speaker: Thomas Frederick, Executive Director
Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
Rivanna River Basin Commission
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 @ 6:00pm – 8:00PM
Jefferson/Madison Regional Library
The Madison Room
201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
RCS Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch
Green Development: A Growing Trend in Central Virginia
Thursday, Feb 21, 2008 @ Noon – 1:00pm
Speaker: Jay Willer, Executive Vice President Blue Ridge Home Builders Association
Health, Heart and Home Expo
RCS Exhibit
Sunday, March 16, 2008 @ 10am – 6:00pm
Come experience our region ’s premiere, multi-dimensional event
featuring exhibitors in the areas of health – traditional and alternative
therapies, personal development, psychology, home décor,
environmental, businesses geared toward “green” living,
spiritual transformation, artisans, wellness businesses,
nutrition, personal care products, & fitness.
Omni Hotel Charlottesville, VA
RCS Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch
Policy Making in the Piedmont: Where does Ecology Fit?
Thursday, March 20, 2008 @ Noon – 1:00pm
Jefferson/Madison Regional Library
201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Speaker: Al Weed
From Inspiration to Action
Please join the Southern Environmental Law Center in welcoming H. Emerson Blake, Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Orion magazine and executive director of Orion Society, to a panel of the Virginia Festival of the Book, March 28 at 2 p.m. Blake will explore how literature and the arts go hand-in-hand with policy and legislation in the effort to protect the environment. An ecologist and former editor at Milkweed Editions, Blake has worked with the country’s foremost environmental writers and thinkers on hundreds of essays, articles and books. He serves as a judge for SELC’s annual Reed Writing Award. Winners of the 2008 award will be announced at the event, hosted at SELC offices on Charlottesville’s historic downtown mall.
434-977-4090; www.SouthernEnvironment.org
Thursday, March 28, 2008 @ 2PM-4PM
Speaker: H. Emerson Blake
Teacher Watershed Summit
Charlottesville Community Design Center
100 5th St. NE on the Mall
Wedesday, April 2, 2008 @ 9AM-5PM
| Schedule: | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Registration | |
9:30 - 10:00 |
Welcome/ Session overview – Robbi Savage and Chuck Pace | |
10:00 – 10:45 |
History of the Rivanna River: Geological, Pre-Colonial, Colonial eras - Jeff Hantmam (UVA) and area Teacher to outline how Rivanna History is used in the classroom | |
10:45 – 11:15 |
Virtual Tour of the Rivanna - Martin Johnson | |
11:15 – 12:00 |
Rivanna River: Tributary of the Bay; Bay Status and Education Opportunities - Pat Calvert & Allan Thomson and area Teacher to outline how CBF Education Programs are implemented in the classroom | |
Noon – 12:45 |
Lunch and roundtable discussion among the participants | |
1:00p – 1:30 |
Rivanna River Basin Commission – Ridge Schuyler | |
1:30 – 2:00 |
Aging Infrastructure: Financial Challenge and Environmental Opportunity - Tom Frederick, Exec. Director Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority |
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2:30 – 3:15 |
Growth Impacts and Environmental Solutions Panel Discussion: Agriculture, Development, Stormwater - Farmer, Jay Willer, Kristel Riddervold, Greg Harper |
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2:30 – 3:15 |
Teacher Roundtable: Who’s Doing What? Eileen Merritt - Stone Robinson Elementary Jill Locke - Fluvanna Middle School |
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3:15 – 4:15 |
The Murky Water Caper – Mystery Musical Play for Schools |
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4:15 – 4:30 |
Closing Comments & Youth Watershed Summit Planning | |
4:30 – 5:00 |
Networking Reception |
Primary Sponsor
Rivanna Conservation Society
Proposed Co Sponsors
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
City of Charlottesville
County of Albemarle
County of Fluvanna
County of Greene
Rivanna Trails Foundation
StreamWatch
The Nature Conservancy
The Rivanna Garden Club
Thomas Jefferson Regional Planning Commission
Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District
VA Department of Conservation and Recreation
VA Department of Environmental Quality
VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Technical and Program Advisors
John Murphy, StreamWatch
Chuck Pace, County of Albemarle
Ann Regn, VADEQ
Special Features:
- Resource List to assist with Standard of Learning and Meaning Watershed Education Experiences (SOL & MEWEE)
- Resource Publications to assist with education programs
- Raffle of a Rain Barrel
- Raffle Water Monitoring Kit
- Teacher Watershed Summit Tote Bag
- Perpetual Coffee, snacks, luncheon and reception
Register here for Teacher Watershed Summit
Board of Directors Meeting
Rivanna River Basin Commission
Thursday, April 3, 2008 @ 6:00pm – 8:00PM
Eppie's Restaurant
412 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Rivanna River Coordinating Group
Rivanna River Coordinating Group
Thursday, April 11, 2008 @ 1:00pm – 3:00PM
The Nature Conservancy Conference Room
Pre-Sojourn Preparation Briefing
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @ 7:00pm – 8:00PM
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
Barracks Road Shopping Center
1125 Emmet Street, Charlottesville
RCS Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch
Bio Fuels: Pros and Cons for Our Watershed
Thursday, April 17, 2008 @ Noon – 1:00pm
Jefferson/Madison Regional Library
201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Speaker: Bill Matuszeski, President Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Earth Day Exhibit
Saturday, April 19, 2008 (All day event)
www.earthweek.org
The Rivanna River Sojourn
April 19 and 20, 2008 (Overnight event)
The Sojourn will launch from Charlottesville on Saturday morning, overnight at Pleasant Grove in Fluvanna. and pull out by noon on Sunday. This is a fund raising event co-sponsored by the Rivanna Conservation Society and Blue Ridge Mountain Sports. Suggested donation is $75.00 per adult and $65.00 for children under 12.
Blue Ridge School Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 22, 2008 (Morning event)
RCS exhibit and presentation & water quality monitoring
Rivanna River Basin Commission
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 @ 6:00pm – 8:00PM
Thomas Jefferson Planning Commission
Conference Room
401 East Water Street
Charlottesville, VA
Development Committee Meeting
Rivanna River Basin Commission
Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 4:30PM
Java Java
Downtown mall, Main St, Charlottesville
Board of Directors Meeting
Rivanna River Basin Commission
Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 6:00pm – 8:00PM
Eppie's Restaurant
412 E Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Charlottesville City Council Meeting
Subject: Water Supply Plan
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
City Hall
Girl Scout River Clean Up
Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm
RCS Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch
The Greening of Greene and Fluvanna Counties
Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ Noon – 1:00pm
Speakers:
Stephen Catalano, Chair, Greene County Board of Supervisors
Cabell Lawton, Administrator Fluvanna County
Glenmore River Paddle
Glenmore Country Club
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Xtremefest Exhibit
All day in Waynesboro
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Girl Scout Paddle
Beaver Creek Lake
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Charlottesville City Council votes on Water Supply Plan
June 2, 7:00pm
City Hall
Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, June 5, 2008 @ 6:00pm – 9:00PM
WHTJ Radio Studios
528 East Main Street, Charlottesville
(On the Downtown Mall next to the Discovery Children’s Museum)
RCS River Clean Up as a part of Rivanna’s National Trails Day
Saturday, June 7, 2008
8:30am – 1:00pm
The Rivanna Conservation Society is joining with the Rivanna Trails Foundation to celebrate National Trails Day. As a part of this annual event trails will be cleaned, expanded or established along the Rivanna. At the same time, RCS will be hosting a river and streambank cleanup. Volunteers will meet at the Charlottesville Catholic School at 8:30am.
(For details, please refer to the attachment).
Third Thursday Brown Bag
June 19
Noon – 1pm
Charlottesville Regional Library
Speaker: Pixie Hamilton,
US Geological Survey
RCS Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, July 10
WHTJ Radio Studios - 528 East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
(On the Mall next to the Discovery Children's Museum)
River Clean Up for Whole Foods Employees
Wednesday, July 16
Teacher Training for UVA Institute of Diversity
Friday, July 18
Rain Barrel Workshop and Sales
Saturday, July 19
Lake Monticello
Contact Peggy Alexander for information.
Rivanna River Basin Commission Meeting
Thursday, July 24
6 p.m.
TJRPC
Teacher Training for UVA Institute of Diversity Phase II
Friday, July 25
RCS Student Education Session and Exhibit
Wednesday, July 30
4-H Summer Camp at Holiday Lake with
RCS hosting its Exhibit and conducting water monitoring events
Rivanna River Coordinating Group
Friday, August 1
Meet at the Nature Conservancy Conference Room
RCS Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, August 7
VA Citizens for Water Quality Control Annual Conference
Saturday, August 9
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
UVA Clark Hall
RCS Student Education Session and Exhibit
Wednesday, August 13
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Albemarle Student Camp
Rivanna River Basin Commission Meeting
(Changed from July 24)
Thursday, August 14
6 p.m.
TJRPC
RCS Board of Directors Meeting
September 4
6-8 pm
RCS Watershed Forum and Annual Membership Meeting
September 6
Charlottesville Community Design Center
100 5th Street NE, on the Downtown Mall
(434) 984-2232
Board Meeting 10-11:30am
Membership Meeting 12:00 – 2Pm
Third Thursday Brown Bag
September 18
Annual RCS/TJSWCD Rivanna River Cleanup
September 20 (rain date September 21)
Details to follow
World Water Monitoring Day/Youth Watershed Summit
Thursday, October 18
Directions: Greenbrier Park is located on the north side of Charlottesville at the intersection of Brandywine Drive and Greenbrier Drive.
From Route 250 Bypass: Take Hydraulic Road and turn right onto Brandywine Drive. Continue several blocks to the intersection with Greenbrier Drive. Proceed straight/slight veer to the right through the stop sign onto Greenbrier Drive and continue a couple blocks to the intersection of Greenbrier Drive and Kerry Lane. Park your vehicle on Greenbrier Drive or Kerry Lane. A pedestrian entrance (paved/gravel path) into the park is located across from Kerry Lane at the intersection. Follow the path to the bridge across Meadow Creek.