Pot-bellied pig plays cat and mouse at Reedy Creek

James River Park manager Ralph White shared a story that would have to be true about a pig-catching in the Reedy Creek parking lot Saturday, just 24 hours after April Fools’ Day:

Ralph White: Meadows ‘rare natural areas in urban settings’

A dozen volunteers from HandsOn Greater Richmond did something Saturday that might help bring more butterflies to the James River Park — they planted wildflowers in two meadows at Reedy Creek near the visitor center and along Riverside Drive.

Last weekend for guided tours of heron rookery, Richmond Slave Trail

If you’ve been holding out until warm weather and spring bursting out all over, this is your last chance for the guided tours to the Pipeline Rapids great blue heron rookery and the Richmond Slave Trail. Get out there and enjoy the scenery and the knowledge passed on from James River Park manager and naturalist Ralph White.

Help a JRPS lover win National Geographic Channel Grant

Interesting blog from Virginia Living’s Tricia Pearsall. She wrote a story in 2008 for Virginia Living titled A River Lorax chronicling the amazing adventures of National Geographic Young Explorer, filmmaker, kayaker and passionate environmental protector, Trip Jennings. Last year, Trip won the National Geographic Channel Grant for ‘The Elephant Ivory Project’ in the Congo.

CBF’s Alternative Spring Break needs volunteers

Volunteers are sprucing up Reedy Creek today, but what are you doing Friday? Want to help James River Park manager Ralph White stock the Manchester Canal at the Floodwall with fish and clean a little trash? There is something happening every day this week if you volunteer with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation: