Tomorrow (Thursday) is the monthly trail work day at Walnut Creek Park. Time to give back, for those of you biking/running/hiking enthusiasts who use the trails. If you plan on using the trails there at some point this is a great way to check them out, and a good service to your future use and the use of others. Or …
Announcements
Highway Pickup
We’ll head out to the club’s section of adopted highway on 64W (just a few minutes away) and see what all treasures we can find. Now is a great time for it since finding trash is really easy without all the leaves out yet. It’s amazing how quickly the bags can get filled up. Bring water and gloves if you’d …
Trail Construction
Everyone will be working with volunteers from the Nature Conservancy for some good ole trail building. It should be an awesome day for being outside, and Fortune’s Cove sounds really cool. side note— I’m not going to be able to go to it – other groups at UVA are planning/attending the workday, and there should be plenty of great people …
Orange Vests!!
It’s time to work the streets again guys. We’ll put on sexy orange vests and clean up random (and sometimes very weird) things that end up on the side of I-64. I swear it’s fun. I doubt we’ll cover the whole section – we’ll just do what we can in the time out there. Be ready to touch dirty things. …
Highway Trash Cleanup
The club adopted a piece of 64 from exit 118 to 114. We will be picking up as much trash as possible from the side of the road. The weather looks to be nice for the weekend. (60 with 20% chance of rain). Outdoors at UVA provides: Trash Pickup signs for cars to see, orange vests, trash bags, gas. You …
Riparian Tree Planting
One of the most vital elements contributing to stream health/water quality is the presence of a riparian buffer. These plants’, shrubs’, and trees’ roots all help stabilize the streambank reducing erosion and assist in rainwater infiltration, as well as filtering out excess nutrients from runoff. Their leaves help cool the waters of the stream, improving the water quality. In addition, …
Canoe w/Community Attention – Wed 15th
UVA Outdoors is developing a partnership with Community Attention to develop a program that will provide outdoor activities to some of the most under-privileged members of our community. Community Attention is the parent organization that includes the A-home (a group home for abused/neglected/abandoned children), the at-risk teens (arrested, on probation, or coming from environments that might lead to deviant behavior), …
Trail Clean-Up at Walnut Creek Park
Walnut Creek Park is a great place for lots of outdoor activities. It offers excellent hiking/running/mountain biking trails, a frisbee golf course, a swimming park/beach, flat water paddling/roll practice, relaxing, catching some sun….Isabell left a lot of downed trees and debris along the trail. Some local mountain bike clubs are heading out there on Thursday for trail clean up, and …
Canoe w/Community Attention – take two
UVA Outdoors is initiating a partnership with Community Attention to develop a program that will provide outdoor activities to some of the most under-privileged members of our community. Community Attention is the parent organization that includes the A-home (a group home for abused/neglected/abandoned children), the at-risk teens (arrested, on probation, or coming from environments that might lead to deviant behavior), …
Canoe w/Community Attention
Canoeing and Climbing with the foster kids UVA Outdoors is initiating a partnership with Community Attention to develop a program that will provide outdoor activities to some of the most under-privileged members of our community. Community Attention is the parent organization that includes the A-home (a group home for abused/neglected/abandoned children), the at-risk teens (arrested, on probation, or coming from …
Highway Pickup and Sugar Hollow Swimming
This summer the club adopted a section of 64 through Virginia’s Dept. of Transportation. We’ll have at least 4 pickups this year, and this will be the first. We’ll work for a couple of hours picking up stuff and then head to Sugar Hollow, which is an awesome place to swim. It’s a short hike in to the swimming hole …