March 10, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
Program: James River Park Update - Initiatives
Speakers: Ralph White, Naturalist&Mgr & Lorne Field Historian
Location: Science Musuem of Virginia - Discovery Room, 2500 West Broad Street Richmond Virginia.
Contact: See our Executive Committee link under the contact us section in the nav bar above.
This Richmond park system (13 parcels and more on the way) is rated the best urban park on the East coast by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine five years in a row! Come learn about new JRPS initiatives: incorporating the flood wall system into the park, plans for renovating the 1883 Pump House, and the progress of the conservation easements for the natural areas of the park.
Speaking will be Ralph White, City Naturalist and visionary JRPS manager, and Lorne Field, interpretation and park historian. Ralph received the prestigious Distinguished Service Award from the national Sierra Club in 2006 for persons in public service who have shown a strong life-long commitment to conservation and environmental protection.