The James River Association (JRA) has opened the James A. Buzzard River Education Center, the second of three new JRA river centers across the watershed, as part of its $25 million James Changer Campaign (JamesChanger.org) along Richmond’s historic riverfront adjacent to the Great Shiplock to be a hub for environmental education in the River City.

JRA has conducted environmental education programs for school groups for more than 25 years, including more than 20,000 students this year alone, through programs that span the full length of the river. The new Center will enhance JRA programs for regional schools through dynamic indoor education labs and outdoor classrooms, as well as close proximity to the tidal James River, the woods on Chapel Island and the surrounding Dock Street Park.

For more information, visit TheJamesRiver.org.