Time & Location
Mar 22, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Darden Towe Park, 1445 Darden Towe Park, Charlottesville, VA 22911, USA
About The Event
Live staking is an ecological engineering technique that uses dormant tree and shrub cuttings to help stabilize streambanks and reduce sediment load in streams and rivers. This year, RCA needs your help to plant 1,600 of these cuttings along the Rivanna River! This event is subject to change depending on water level.
We will meet at Darden Towe Park and shuttle to Key West (with help from the Rivanna River Company), where we will launch to access the riverbank locations by canoe and wade along muddy banks. Volunteers should be comfortable navigating the river by canoe, as well as entering and exiting in shallow water.
- This event is only for experienced paddlers and those who are comfortable navigating the riverbanks by canoe and on foot.
- Please bring your own waders if you have them! RCA has a limited supply.
- It is recommended that you layer up, especially…