On Friday, September 17th, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) lifted its harmful algae bloom advisory for the 52.5 mile stretch of the North Fork, between Chapman's Landing and Riverton. Samples collected along the river on September 14th, 2021 showed…
Each year, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) samples for Smallmouth Bass (SMB) age 0 (approx. 60mm in length) in the Shenandoah River to gauge the success of spawning. Sampling generally occurs once in April-May and again in October. Samples…
After nearly five weeks with no rain in the Shenandoah Valley, as FNFSR's Program Coordinator (Mariama) and Education Support Specialist (Daisy) drove up to the venue for Friends of the North Fork's second Voices of the Shenandoah event, it was…
The 2021 John Wilburn Scholarship awardee, Kathryn Motley, spent her summer in working with a JMU master student collecting benthic macro invertebrates in Smith Creek and other tributaries running through farmlands with best management practices in place. Read her letter…
The Virginia Department of Health has conducted additional testing on algal mats and water samples above and below the advisory area already in place. These tests identified cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins at some, but not all of the sites tested in…
The Virginia Department of Health has issued a Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) advisory for a 8-mile section of the North Fork after detecting cyanobacteria toxins within algae mat material found at three sites—one at Lower River Road in Tom's Brook, one…
The Lord Fairfax Health District has issued an advisory against swimming in the stretch of the North Fork along Bethel Road in Strasburg due to a potentially harmful algal bloom. Samples from algae in this area--near the Deer Rapids boat…
Last Thursday, July 15th, marked the launch of the Voices of the Shenandoah Event series featuring five storytellers and singer/songwriter Joshua Vana at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg, VA. Community members enjoyed an hour of river-centered original stories, music and…
Activities are limited to 10 participants, and will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis. All activities include a half- hour break for lunch To sign up for any (or all!) of the above activities, send an email to NFCC Program…
It’s been one week since the wrap up of the last day of the Shenandoah River Rangers and Players Camps, and the education team for the camp(s) is finally beginning to rebound from the relentless high energy and environmental education…