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Clean Commute Challenge
May 14 - 18.Take the Clean Commute Challenge :Join area residents and businesses in a friendly competition. Challenge yourself - your friends, your co-workers - to Pledge to use a clean commute mode - bike, walk, carpool, or take a bus (or some combination) - to access your work one or more days during the week.
Participating in the Clean Commute Challenge is Simple: Click Clean Commute Challenge http://www.lynchburgbikeweek.com/commute-challenge to:
Register your Pledge, as an individual or as a business group, to bike, walk, carpool, or take the bus (or some combination) to work one or more days during the week; Find information about local commuting options - including "Park & Ride" locations that have been established in Lynchburg to provide folks living too far to bike, walk, or take the bus to participate; Obtain information on bicycle commuting, bicycle routes, and bicycle safety tips.
You and Your Business/Organization Could Win. Individuals - All pledge participants will be entered to win one of our many prizes - bicycle gear, gas cards, gift certificates, bus passes and more. Business/Organization -We will recognize local businesses with the highest participation, according to business size. Can your business be recognized as "Greater Lynchburg Area Cleanest Commuters"? All - All participants will receive a $2.00 off voucher for Lynch's Landing May 18th Friday Cheers. We will have bicycling valet parking and will recognize our business winners in the Clean Commute Challenge and attendees will have a chance to win prizes.
Share this Challenge with Co-Workers and Friends Forward this email and/or Post the Clean Commute Challenge flyer at your place of work: http://www.region2000.org/assets/file/lgc/Clean%20Commute%20Challenge%20Flyer%208%20x%2011.pdf
Lynchburg Area Bike Week:
May 14 - 18.The Clean Commute Challenge is one of the sponsored events of LYNCHBURG AREA BIKE WEEK, a week-long event to promote the use of the bicycles in both transportation and recreation throughout our region. Go to LYNCHBURG AREA BIKE WEEK http://www.lynchburgbikeweek.com to learn more about the week events,
Lynchburg Area Bike Week and Clean Commute Challenge are hosted by the Lynchburg Area Greenway Alliance, with sponsorship support from Region 2000 Local Government Council and the Lynchburg Office of Economic Development. Contact Kelly Hitchcock at 434-845-3491 or at khitchcock@region2000.org if you have any questions or comments about Bike Week , the Clean Commute Challenge, the Lynchburg Area Greenway Alliance, or bicycle planning initiatives in our area.
Virginia Water Monitoring Council 2012 Conference:
Who: Virginia Water Monitoring Council
When: Friday, May 18, 2012, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (registration and coffee at 9 AM)
Where: Henrico County Training Center, 7701 E. Parham Road, Henrico, VA 23294
What: Water Quality Monitoring: Tools for MS4 compliance, TMDL Implementation, and Quality Protection & Restoration
Click here to view agenda and registration form for more details.
The conference is open to all local government employees, elected officials, citizens, wetland board members, educators and students - everyone interested in Virginia's water! Co-Sponsors: Virginia Water Monitoring Council, Clean Virginia Waterways (affiliated
with Longwood University), Virginia Water Resources Research Center, County of Henrico, Virginia Tech and Longwood University.
Registration fee: $32 before April 30, $42 after April 30; Payment by
check only. Includes lunch, morning coffee, PM break. No refunds after April 30, but
substitutions are allowed. To hold a spot while your check is being prepared, please fax (434-395-2978) or email this form to cleanva@longwood.edu and write or type "Check is in the mail" next to your name.
Previous VWMC Conferences have sold out - don't miss this great and affordable networking and educational day! Exhibitor tables are available.
Please call Katie Register at 434-395-2602 for details. Contact info: (Katie Register
Executive Director, Clean Virginia Waterways,
Vice-Chair, Virginia Water Monitoring Council)
Nelson County Field Day:
Who:Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District
What: Nelson County Field Day at Glenthorne Farm
When:Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 4 pm to 7 pm, Register by May 10, 2012, Dinner Provided
Learn about: Mitigation Banking, Stream Restoration, Watershed Studies, Native Landscaping, Wildlife Plantings, The American Chestnut story, Hurricane Camille
To view event flyer, click here For more information: www.tjswcd.org; 434-975-0224; nicola.mcgoff@tjswcd.org
Project Wet Workshop (Water Education for classroom teachers and environmental educators
When: Tuesday May 22nd, 2012, 9 am to 4 pm (bring your own lunch)
Where: Claytor Nature Study Center of Lynchburg College.
Participants will receive a new Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, instructional support in teaching hands-on lessons and activities, and 6 recertification points Registration is FREE. Please register by May 1st.
RSVP today to cohen.d1@lynchburg.edu or 540-587-6782. To view the event flyer, click here.
For more information, please go to:http://www.deq.state.va.us/ConnectWithDEQ/EnvironmentalInformation/ProjectWet.aspx
Chickahominy River draft bacteria TMDL and 1st
IP meetings:
The 1st Implementation Planning meetings are scheduled for Thursday May 24th at 2pm and 6pm at the Mechanicsville Branch Library. Click here for an article with the details of the draft TMDL. Please distribute to your contacts in the Chickahominy watershed.
TJSWCD Rain Barrel Workshop:
Who: The Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District
What: Rain Barrel Workshop
When: June 9, 4:00 pm- 5:30 pm
Where: Scottsville Library
To view event flyer, please click here. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Please go to www.tjswcd.org for full details or call Nicola McGoff at 434-975-0224.
Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: In 2012 the Alliance will plant 1500 native
tree seedlings and trees in the city of Richmond and surrounding counties.
This new project is a part of the Alliance's Healing the Land Initiatives.
This work is made possible through a generous grant from Altria. To help
implement this new project, we are proud to announce a partnership with
Hands-On Greater Richmond who will help with volunteer coordination of
the tree planting events. Our plan is to engage local watershed and community-
based groups and members of the local corporate community in
learning why trees are so important to help protect clean water in streams
and rivers and to enjoy a day (or more) of volunteering to plant trees. This
work will help the City of Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia to
achieve local clean-up plans for the James River watershed and create a
greener City. If you are part of a group that would be interested in partnering, please contact the Alliance at acbva@allianceforthebay.org.
Activity Sheets are Here!
The Roundtable is excited to announce that the James River Watershed Educational Activity Sheets are here and ready for distribution! The activity sheets educate children and adults about watersheds and pollution prevention. They display a watershed illustration that can be colored by kids and a variety of puzzles and activities. There are over 62,000 sheets ready to be distributed across the James River watershed! One of the main goals of this project is to reach a diverse audience. If you are interested in distributing the sheets in your community please consider a variety of venues! In order to obtain activity sheets please contact info@mjrt.org.To view the activity sheet, please click here.
MJRT Beverage Coasters
Beverage Coasters are now available for your use! The same Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Grant used to design our activity sheets also supported to the reprinting of our popular beverage coasters. The beverage coasters contain 5 ways to help the James River. To view the beverage coaster and its contents, please click here.
More information about the James River Watershed Educational Activity Sheets and Beverage Coasters can be found on our featured projects page.
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