Celebrating our 10th year of working for a cleaner Lynnhaven River.

Be the first person on your block to fly a Pearl Home flag.  You can pick up an application at our office or check it out on our website, www.LRNow.org.  Thank you to everyone who is already proudly flying the Pearl Home flag!

 

 

LRNow has two year old, two foot tall Virginia Pine trees in 3 gallon containers available for free to good homes.  Contact Helen at

Helen@LRNow.org or 757-962-5398 if you are interested in one or more trees. 

Thank you to Bob Carroll and his students who grew these trees from bare root seedlings.

 

Have you wondered how you might get more involved with Lynnhaven River restoration?  Oyster gardening may be just the opportunity that you have been looking for.  It takes about an hour of time each month to keep your oyster bag clean and healthy and your baby oysters will help greatly to rebuild the oyster population in the Lynnhaven River. More information about oyster gardening can be found on our website at www.LRNow.org/need-oyster-growers or you can call our office at 757-962-5398.

If you would like to get started as on oyster gardener, plan to attend our Taylor Float workshop where you can build your own float and get all the equipment you will need.  If you would rather not build a float, you can purchase an assembled float with all the equipment from LRNow for $100.  You will also need to attend a New Citizen Oyster Gardener Workshop where you will learn everything you will need to know about caring for your oysters over the next year.  Pre-registration is required for both the Tayor Float workshop and the New Citizen Gardener Workshop.

If you are already an oyster gardener, we thank you for your work during this past year caring for your oysters and look forward to seeing you at one of the Round-Ups this summer.  Remember to pre-register for the Round-Up so that you will be able to take home your new baby oysters that day.

Here are the dates and the registration information:

Thursday, July 26, 6-7:30 PM, at the LRNow office at 1608 Pleasure House Road, Suite 108.  Cost for all supplies is $75.

To register call 757-962-5398 or email kris@lrnow.org

Thursday, August 2, 6-7:30 PM at the Great Neck Rescue Squad on Bayne Drive

Thursday, September 6, 6-7:30 PM at Virginia Wesleyan College

Cost:  $30 for your bag of 1000 baby oysters

Pre-registration required with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at www.cbf.org/virginiaoysters or call 757-622-1964.

Saturday, July 28, 9-11 AM

Saturday, September 8, 9-11 AM

Both are at First Landing State Park, 64th Street entrance, the Narrows

Be sure to pre-register with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at www.cbf.org/virginiaoysters or call 757-622-1964.

Cost: $30 for your bag of 1000 baby oysters.

The Oyster Gardening Project is offered in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Join us for Hampton Roads First Annual Fishing Line Clean Up.

Volunteers from across Hamptong Roads will be heading to several area waterways where large quantities of discarded fishing line are frequently found to collect and recycle the line.

This clean up is not only an opportunity to get hundreds of feet of line and hooks out of the environment, immediately reducing the danger of entanglement for water birds and animals, but is also an opportunity to provide information about safe disposal of fishing line and tackle to the public.

As much of the line can only be reached from the water, we especially need volunteers who have access to kayaks, canoes or any other type of small boats.

LRNow will be assisting with the clean up on West Neck Creek in Virginia Beach. 

To register to help, contact Kris@LRNow.org or call our office at 757-962-5398. 

For more information go to www.recycleyourline.com. 

Come meet others in your region who want to protect our water, land and air.  Receive campaign updates, educational materials and learn about ways to get involved.

Photo by John Aguair

Attend this workshop and learn about the benefits of joining a Legislative Contact Team.  Together with hundreds of volunteers throughout the Commonwealth, our legislative contact team members have grabbed the attention of delegates and senators with numerous letters, phone calls, e-mails, and meetings.  Thanks to the work of these volunteers, Virginia's legislators are giving unprecedented consideration to natural resource protection.

For more information, visit the VCN website at www.vcnva.org.  To register for the Virginia Beach workshop, go to www.vcnva.org or call 804-644-0283.