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Registration for all of the FOMR 2019 paddling float trips are available at the button below. This year, we offer you a fishing trip, a morning wildlife-watching trip, a dusk trip that pulls into takeout after dark, and a trip that lets you dip your paddle into 4 rivers in one day! The trips are already filling fast. - All trips are $10 per person.
- All trips are on Middle River,
except the End of Summer/End of the River float which includes parts of Middle River, North
River, South River and the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
- Bring your own boat. Life vest required.
- Registration in advance required by signing up at the links provided.
Even More Float Trip Options
In addition to the organized monthly float trips, Middle River expert Roger
Robinson will periodically offer short-notice float trips which he
calls “Spontaneous Floats.” Anyone who wants to can join him. Roger
will lead the trip, secure landowner access permissions and help
coordinate the shuttling of vehicles to the takeout. These floats are
only announced on our Facebook page, usually 1-3 days in advance of the trip.
The spontaneous paddling trips are free, are NOT covered
by FOMR insurance, are NOT FOMR events, but ARE just as fun!
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| Kayak and Canoe Rentals
Want to join one of our float trips, but have no boat? One person kayaks can be rented locally for $35. A canoe or two-person kayak can be rented for $60. Rentals are for 24 hours. Reserve in advance from Rockfish Gap Outfitters,
1461 E. Main St., Waynesboro, VA. 540-943-1461.
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| Fishing Licenses
Don’t forget, buying a fishing license not only keeps you
legal out there fishing, but it supports a great cause! The Virginia Department
of Game and Inland Fisheries gets most of their income from hunting and fishing
licenses, so buying a license directly funds the agency! And you will need a valid fishing license if you plan to come on our Fishing Float Trip on June 8!
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| | FOMR is excited to announce the beginning of a multi-year
partnership with StreamSweepers, a charitable non-profit out of Orange, VA.
StreamSweepers is a Job Corps Program that provides comprehensive river
cleaning and assessment services for entire watersheds. In addition to cleaning
up river trash, StreamSweepers can provide on-going service and riparian
assessments of river valley health. StreamSweepers is funded through the
generosity of riverside landowners wanting to improve the beauty and value of
their riverside property frontage as well as through donations by any party or
individual concerned about their local rivers and streams.
How will FOMR and StreamSweepers work together? READ MORE
And please consider donating to the StreamSweepers Middle River Project! |
| | Chesapeake Bay Awareness Event
Jeanne Hoffman and Bobby Whitescarver invite you to walk along Middle River on their
farm in Swoope on June 4th at 10am. This is a signature event for
Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. Virginia Senator Emmett Hanger,
scientists, and program managers will give several brief presentations.
You
will be able to walk in the shade of riparian buffers, now fifteen
years old, teeming with native plants and animals. Tree Swallows and
many other birds will be nesting. Click on button below to see flyer for this event.
Space is limited to 75 participants so rsvp very soon to Elizabeth Ronston of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at eronston@cbf.org
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| | | Virtual Hydro-geologic Tour
of Rockingham and Augusta
Join in on an indoor lecture that shares information about the wells and springs of the Shenandoah River headwaters region. Presentation by Joel Maynard of the Department of Environmental Quality. Space is limited. Reservations are required by emailing davidforrer07@gmail.com
- Wednesday
- June 26
- 7-9pm
- Harrisonburg
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| | | FOMR
is working towards launching a new website! We are now searching to
collect the best photos of Middle River and her tributaries that exist in the recesses of our members' computers. Especially needed are beautiful scenic river photos, but of course we'd like
to see any shots you feel capture some special time engaging with the
River, micro to macro! Please email any digital photos you'd like for us to consider to info@friendsofthemiddleriver.org |
| Results of Spring Benthic Monitoring
Check out the most recentbenthic water quality results HERE!
And the most recent E.coli water quality results HERE!
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| | Upcoming
May
Capital Ale House 41-A Court Square. 1-5pm
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Full Moon Float Trip, FOMR, Middle River, 9:30pm, (Registration is closed).
Park, 7:30-11am, ages 50+ yrs., 540-332-3945, prizes!
June
4
Chesapeake Bay Awareness Event. Whitescarver Farm,
10am-12pm
Wilson Workforce Center lake, 8:30am
26 Virtual Hydro-geologic Tour of Rockingham and Augusta.
Harrisonburg,
7-9pm.
July
August
Middle/North/South/South Fork, 9am
September
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| Read more about Friends of the Middle River at our website HERE.
And follow us on Facebook!
P.O. Box 131, Verona VA 24482 540-609-8267
FOMR is a 501(c)(3) organization.
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FOMR is a Paddle America Club member
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