News & Announcements

• Fish Kill Season Begins - DEQ has posted a press release regarding fish disease and mortality as the season begins. Please follow the link for the press release and report any sightings in the CpR, as requested.
• Cowpasture Featured - The Cowpasture and CRPA were featured in the 2010 Spring Guide edition of The Recorder newspaper, beginning on page 16.
• Spring Litter Cleanup - Help Needed (read the full story...)
• CRPA Annual Meeting, May 8th - Join other CRPA members for a great dinner meeting and presentation by hydrologist Bill Jones on "The Hydrology of the Cowpasture River Drainage Basin" May 8th at the Fairview Community Center (VA route 39 at the intersection with 629, west of Millboro Springs). The public is welcome. Dinner is $15 for adults and $10 for those 12 and under. Registration is required by April 28th. Contact Polly Newlon at 540.474.2858 or directorcrpa@gmail.com for more information.
• Rain Barrel Workshops, Spring 2010 - CRPA will host three rain barrel workshops at various locations this spring. The first will be in Bath County at Millboro Elementary School, Saturday, April 17th from 11am-2pm. The second will be held at Dabney Lancaster Community College in Clifton Forge on Wednesday, May 26th from 6pm-9pm. The third will be in Highland County at the Highland Center on Saturday, June 5th from 11am-2pm. Participants will learn how to make a rain barrel and then get to take it home. Materials fee of $20 (per barrel) and registration are required. No tuition. Snacks will be provided. Contact Polly Newlon at 540.474.2858 or directorcrpa for more information. Please Note: The workshop at Dabney is being held through the DSLCC non-credit course program. To register for the May workshop, contact Judy Clark at 540.863.2863 or jclark@dslcc.edu. Contact Newlon for the Bath and Highland workshops. These workshops are made possible by a grant from the Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Trust.
• Fall River Cleanup - 9/26 - CRPA will conduct its second cleanup of the year at the Walton Tract off route 42 south of Millboro Springs on Saturday, September 26th from 9 a.m. until noon. The Walton Tract, a US Forest Service Public Access area on the Cowpasture River, sees a great deal of recreational traffic during the summer and this cleanup is an important component of our Adopt-A-Stream program. All are welcome and volunteers are sorely needed. If you can attend, or seek more information, please contact Polly Newlon at 540.474.2858 or via email at directorcrpa@gmail.com. Bags, gloves and snacks will be provided. Come help us keep the Cowpasture one of Virginia's cleanest rivers! (Raindate is Sunday, September 27th).
• Exceptional Tributaries of the Cowpasture in the News - February, 2008 article by Charles Garrett of The Recorder
• Water Quality Monitoring in the News - October, 2007 article by Charles Garratt of The Recorder.
• River Day Makes Headlines - August, 2007 article by Margo Oxendine of The Recorder.
• Fish Kill Hits Local Paper - June, 2007 article by Charles Garratt of The Recorder.
• CRPA Participates in 2007 National River Cleanup - Check out results from the river cleanup at American Rivers.
• CRPA Learns Details of Recent Fish Kill at 2007 Annual Meeting - click for more details. (read the full story...)