Protecting Species
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Conserving Places
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Tackling Threats
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Recent News
CRPA Members Provide macrobenthos Training to Local College Students
September 29, 2014
On September 22 2014, four CRPA members conducted a class/lab for 16 ecology students from...
Walton Tract Fall Cleanup
October 27, 2014
On Saturday, October 25, 2014, several Board members and Potomac Hunt Club volunteers completed a...
Documentary on Fracking – 2013
November 16, 2014
Triple Divide is said to be the only documentary of its kind on the controversial subject...
Upcoming Events
Annual Summer Picnic and River Float
Saturday, August 7, 2021 Join us Saturday, August 7th from 3 pm to 7:30 pm for our “Annual Summer Picnic…
Spring Birding in the Cowpasture River Valley
Join Terry and Mike for a guided hike through a variety of habitats along the upper Cowpasture River to bird for spring migrants as they’re returning to our area for breeding season. We also expect to encounter species moving through our area to their breeding grounds further north.
Please bring drinking water, field snacks, sturdy shoes and binoculars if you have them. Also bring a bagged lunch to picnic with the group after the walk. Further details will be provided upon registration and payment.
Cost is $10 per person. (Limit of 20 people)
Spring On the Cowpasture River | An Artist Retreat
May 2-4, 2021
The Cowpasture River Preservation Association and Fort Lewis Lodge & Farm invite artists of any medium to join us for this multi-day, plein air art event. Offering over 3,300 acres of open fields, mountains, forests, wildflowers, and birds, and featuring 3-miles of the scenic Cowpasture River, Fort Lewis is the perfect place to gather with fellow artists and create in a beautiful outdoor setting. Event is non-juried and open to 25 artists.
Ecology and Geology of Browns Pond — Sinkhole Ponds of the Upper Cowpasture River Valley
Field Trip #2: Ecology and Geology of Browns Pond — Sinkhole Ponds of the Upper Cowpasture River Valley Sunday, April 18,…