📸 Join us as we celebrate a very special ribbon cutting for Bald Eagle Island! 🎉

Calling all paddlers and conservationists! The Central Virginia Land Conservancy (CVALC) is organizing a convoy of canoeists and kayakers on May 23, 2024 to celebrate the preservation of Bald Eagle Island in Amherst County. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on the island, to mark the transfer of the land from the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation (GLCF) to CVALC who will preserve it in its natural and undisturbed state. More details at our event page here.

Register for the event here.

The conservation convoy will depart Monacan Park at 9:00 am, traveling 1.5 miles upstream to Bald Eagle Island for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, before returning downstream (3 mile round trip). We recommend arriving 20 to 30 minutes early to have time to drop off your boats and gear. This flatwater section of the James River is impounded by dams and has very little current. The convoy is appropriate for beginner and experienced paddlers with their own boats and gear - no rentals or loaner equipment will be available. Lifejackets/PFD's must be worn.

Please dress for the weather in clothes that can get wet, bring sun protection, and bring plenty of water. Parking will be at Monacan Park with additional overflow parking at Elon Presbyterian Church and a shuttle service to the park. Please park only in designated parking spaces at Monacan Park. Do not park along roadsides or on any of the adjacent private property.
 

• Use of our ceremonial ribbon and HUGE scissors, provided by the Alliance - at no charge! (Shovels for groundbreakings available upon request)
• Contact list of Alliance members that provide catering services (upon request)
• Contact list of local media and a sample press release to promote your event
• Alliance staff member and Ambassadors will attend and coordinate the ribbon cutting ceremony
• Great photo opportunity - An Alliance staff member will take photos and post and tag your business on the Alliance's social media (Photos shared upon request)
• Keep and sign your ribbon as a keepsake to display in your location