500 Live Stakes, One Hour: Growing Resilience Along Totier Creek
Fifteen volunteers gathered at a farm along the Totier Creek and planted 500 native live stakes – black willow, alder, and elderberry – in under an hour!
March 27, 2026
To safeguard and enhance the natural resources and quality of life within the Totier Creek watershed, a vital public drinking water supply for Scottsville, Virginia, and a tributary to the James River and Chesapeake Bay.
Understanding what’s in our water and how it got there is essential to protecting Totier Creek Watershed.
Our watershed faces many ongoing challenges, from CAFOs to sludge and beyond. We’re committed to tracking the issues.
Our watershed is much broader than the creek. It is all the land that drains into it. Take a visual journey.
Fifteen volunteers gathered at a farm along the Totier Creek and planted 500 native live stakes – black willow, alder, and elderberry – in under an hour!
The Totier Creek Watershed Association is hosting a live stake planting workshop on a private farm along Miller Creek, a tributary to the Totier Creek, this Sunday, March 22nd, from
We are excited to report that TCWA will begin regular surface water quality monitoring in the Totier Creek Watershed in 2026! If you would like to volunteer in the monitoring
Rural waterways sustain ecosystems, economies, and traditions. When the water is healthy, communities are healthy. Yet too many water protections focus only on development areas. Defending rural places depends on citizens speaking up. When our resources are threatened, it’s on us to demand accountability. Rural folks deserve clean water too.
Help us save this “Gem of Albemarle County”