About the Consortium

Consortium Partners

The James River TMDL established a goal to restore almost 70,000 acres of riparian buffers, but only 11% of this goal has been achieved. To meet this goal, there is a great need for organizations to collaborate and leverage resources.

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I have found great value in getting out of the office with partners in the Consortium for workshops and field days. We are able to learn so much from this direct exposure to other professionals and by seeing projects that have been implemented on the ground. I'm always amazed by the informal and spontaneous conversations that happen away from our desks, and how they help us discover areas of overlap in our work and new opportunities for collaboration.

Kim Biasiolli
Senior Conservation Field Representative
Albemarle & Greene
Piedmont Environmental Council

Planning Team

As the sole organization focused on the James River, the James River Association is in a unique position to coordinate this effort.

Dialogue + Design Associates is a community engagement and design firm based in Charlottesville that serves as the Consortium facilitator.

Steering Committee

Partners

Check out our partner profiles

Meet Daniel Grubb

Project Coordinator at Conservation Services Inc.

Meet Christian Anderson

Virginia Agriculture Projects Manager at Alliance For the Chesapeake Bay

Meet Lauren Huey

Director of Environmental Communications at Green Fin Studio

Meet Lindsay Spotts

Upper James River Field Technician at Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Meet David Wise

Watershed Restoration Manager at Stroud Water Research Center

Meet Shereen Hughes

Assistant Director of Wetlands Watch and Virginia CBLP Co-Coordinator

Meet Kelly Snoddy

Senior Conservation Specialist with the Peter Francisco Soil & Water Conservation District

Meet Luke Longanecker

Conservation Programs Manager with the Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District

Meet Bill Sweeney

Western Regional Watershed Specialist with the Virginia Dept. of Forestry.

Meet Amber Ellis

Restoration Director with the James River Association.

This material is based on work supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Assistance Agreement No. CB96358101) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which promotes community-based efforts to develop conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay.