Nansemond River Preservation Alliance YouTube Channel featuring our environmental educational 3-5 minute videos.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3K5gm6j_KZ2v4zMXgbzf8w/videos

River Talk Environmental Program is offered  2-3 times each year.  NRPA recruits an expert in the field  who provides a 30-40 minute presentation on an environmental waterway related topic.  The presentation is followed by a Q&A.  The sessions are free and open to the public. 

Past Presenters:

• Robbie Johnson, Johnson & Sons Seafood, Waterman: History of the Nansemond River Oyster

• Reese Lukei, W&M  Biology Conservation Center: Ospreys, Eagles & Falcons

• Walter Priest, VA Institute of Marine Sciences: Living Shorelines

• Karen Duhring, VA Institute of Marine Sciences: Survey of Suffolk Shoreline

• Chad Boyce, VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries: Fishes of the Nansemond River and its Tributaries

• Ted Henifin, Hampton Roads Sanitation District: SWIFT Program

• Keith Skiles, VA Department of Health Division Shellfish Safety:  Closure of Oyster Harvesting Grounds in Suffolk

• Skip Stiles and Mary-Carson Stiff, Wetlands Watch:  Sea Level Rise

• Roy Hoagland, W&M Law School, VA Coastal Policy Center:  Environmental Regulations

• Will Baker, Chesapeake Bay Foundation: The Chesapeake Bay

• Geoff Payne, NRPA Water Quality Chair:  State of the Nansemond River

River Talk On the Road

NRPA’s President and Board and Committee members also make presentations related to the Status of Suffolk’s waterways and Best Practices.   Please contact the office if your organization would be interested in a speaker to present at your next meeting.

River Chat Newsletter

Nansemond River Preservation Alliances produces River Chat; a bi-annual newsletter with local updates, articles for cleaning our waterways, events, and much more. If you would like to be on the mailing list to receive this important up-to-the-minute document on keeping our waterways clean, fill out the form below.