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Invest in Trees for Tomorrow

Growing partnerships to create healthy streamside ecosystems for clean water in the James River.

It has taken over four decades to take the James River from one of the nation’s most polluted rivers to one of its most improved. Investing in riparian forest buffers is one of the most cost effective ways to continue improving the health of the James River. Thank you for your donation that will go directly towards these efforts. 

Since 2019 the James River Association, and over 500 partners, have made significant progress in restoring riparian forest buffers across the James River watershed, but we need your help to ensure that momentum continues. Whether it’s planting new buffers through the James River Buffer Program, maintaining buffers to ensure their success, to growing partnerships to collaborate more effectively, raise awareness, or build partner capacity in the region, we are seeing results. 

Help us reach our goal of 1,850 acres by 2030!

We need your help!

Contact Amber Ellis, Consortium Convener to learn more about the Consortium’s initiatives aellis@thejamesriver.org

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“NFWF has been fortunate to support the growth and development of the James River Riparian Buffer Consortium since 2018. In that time, we’ve seen the Consortium develop and position itself as the leader across the entire Chesapeake Bay in the delivery of riparian restoration practices. Most critical has been the Consortium’s emphasis on refining an effective collaborative model and processes to accelerate and scale riparian restoration far beyond what any individual organization could possibly achieve.”

~ Jake Reilly, Director, Chesapeake Programs,
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

“VEE has invested significantly in the planting and maintaining of streamside forested buffers in the James River basin since 2018. With the support of precision analysis, the location of these vegetated buffers help t“VEE has invested significantly in the planting and maintaining of streamside forested buffers in the James River basin since 2018. With the support of precision analysis, the location of these vegetated buffers help to provide one of the most cost effective conservation practices possible to improve water quality. It is an extraordinary initiative that VEE has been proud to support. But despite all that has been accomplished, much more is needed. We welcome the opportunity to partner with other funders in seeing this highly successful restoration work continue long into the future.”

~ Joseph H. Maroon, Executive Director,
Virginia Environmental Endowment