riverine – Page 15 – Black and White

magical mystery tour

environmental protection area — May 15 Woolen Mills residents take a guided tour of the environmental protection area next to Moores Creek with Andrea Terry of RWSA. Native people lived just north of here. Split when Europeans arrived.

Palustris

wetland — Andrea Terry of RWSA is leading a tour of the Moores Creek Environmental Preservation Area, Friday May 15.
Meet at the Franklin Street wetland gate ( north of the stockyard) at 10:00 AM. (near 706 Franklin ST).
This is the hardwood wetland that was built to mitigate loss of wetlands with
the expansion of Ragged Mountain reservoir.
Rubber boots are advised.
Please RSVP to aterry(at)rwsa.org.

Palustris is a Latin word meaning “swampy” or “marshy”. It is often used in taxonomy for species names
typically in scientific names for animals and plants to refer to the typical habitat of the species.–Wikipedia

Rivanna River Company

Gabe Silver — Gabe Silver talks about his business, Rivanna River Company. Gabe was one of ten to present at the TTFF Crowdfunded Pitch Night event. Recording starts as Gabe speaks about the transformation in Richmond as that City has embraced their river as a recreational resource. Rivanna River Company

RRBC — Planning for a future

spartina alterniflora and patens elysium

sophie fishing bay — Sophie’s idea of heaven, Piankatank River, Fishing Bay, Gywnn’s Island in the distance.
Ospreys are headed north!

Rivanna fog

Rivanna trail — Wednesday evening, cold water, warm air

without fear of hematophages

winter woods — last year I got fed on by my first tick March 1. Not a problem in 2015. This pathway is in the floodplain of the Rivanna River.

Failed jetty, Town Creek

What damages the boards, time + Teredo navalis? (the naval shipworm, not really a worm…)

30 x1028 px box — Photoshop everywhere, some places more obvious than others.

Woolen Mills

WM window sawtooth — In a work session the Albemarle County Planning Commission discussed the Charlottesville Woolen Mills property. Seems like they get it. The buildings and the location are a treasure. More than a place to make license plates. A property whose careful rehab and reuse could be pivotal in efforts to reconnect with the Rivanna River.

Town Creek

hpe on the Callis oyster bar — Could I swim to Weems? To the far shore. Water temperature 42 degrees Farenheit. Didn’t try.

Virginica O

Virginica O dusk, Bertrand — SEXUAL PHASES IN THE AMERICAN OYSTER (OSTREA VIRGINICA) During the past three years there has been an accumulation of evidence which indicates that in at least three of the so-called dioecious species of the genus Ostrea a change or sex frequently occurs from season to season or between early life and full maturity. It may be recalled that at least ten of the more than sixty described species of the genus are regularly hermaphroditic and larviparous. Some of these exhibit a rhythmical sequence of alternating male and female phases…W.R.Coe Biological Bulletin
Vol. 63, No. 3 (Dec., 1932), pp. 419-441