2014 StreamSweepers

2014 StreamSweepers

Rapidan & Robinson Rivers2014

Sweeper CrewsRapidan River CrewRobinson River Crew- Kav Gillespie - Cory Anderson- Perry Hammond - Julia Birch- Kiefer McDowell - Abigail Foster Davis Teague - Mark Fredericks - Campbell Hancock - Cole Reeves

Ecological Analysts Jordan Lee & Griffin RiceOn-Water-Manager Beth Seale

TRAINING WEEK

Woodberry Forest School provided classroom space and computers for sweeper training.

Sweepers received classroom instruction in: - Environmental Assessment Protocol - Geological History - Water Quality Testing - Business Development - Basic Field First Aid

On site instruction in: - Macro-invertebrate Sampling & Identification

- Canoe Skills - Tandem & Solo

- River Safety & Risk Management

RIVER ASSESSMENTS

- Water Quality Testing

- Macro-Invertebrate Counts

- Ecological River Assessments

Marking trash locations

RIVER CLEAN-UP

And now the real work begins

Some items could be reused for the ride down the river,

but most was just trash.

There were days and days of hard work.

Days of exhaustion,

and more exhaustion.

But also days of triumph!

We had an amazing impact on these rivers..

but there was still much left behind.

Remaining trash locations on the Rapidan River.

Remaining trash locations on the Robinson River.

A FUTURE PROJECTAside from our efforts to improve the overall ecological health of our rivers, StreamSweepers hopes to encourage responsible use and stewardship of the rivers by all. This responsible use would be enhanced by public access spots at various locations along both the Rapidan and Robinson Rivers. It is our hope that a possible future project of the StreamSweepers will be the construction and maintenance of these public access points.The possible locations for these public access points are displayed on the following river maps.

Possible Public Access Points on the Rapidan River1. Liberty Mills Bridge 4. Route 522 Bridge2. Madison Mills Bridge 5. Route 3 Bridge @ Germanna Foundation3. Rapidan Bridge 6. Existing Public Access @ Elys Ford

Possible Public Access Points on the Robinson River

1. Route 29 Bridge 4. Route 15 Bridge 2. Lillards Ford Road Bridge 5. Locust Dale Rd. Bridge 3. Beahm Town Rd. & Fords Shop Rd. Bridge

Rapidan River CrewRobinson River CrewStreamSweepers 2014

StreamSweepers Recipients of the American Canoe Associations Sanctioned Event of the Year award for 2014