2008

Upcoming New River Cleanups:  The New Needs You!

Saturday, August 23 -- Come "Fall Into the New" with ReNew the New, meeting at Camp Success on the New in Narrows at 10:00 a.m.  There will be a post-cleanup celebration at Glen Lyn Town Park from 3 to 5 p.m.  For more information call 540-921-2525.

Saturday, August 30 -- Cleanup on the Bluestone River in Virginia.  Contact Andrew Satmary at 304-248-7228 or tsatmary@comcast.net

Saturday, September 6 -- New River Watershed Roundtable's Cleanup will begin at Foster Falls' lower landing at 9:00 a.m.  Call Courtney at 866-481-NCNR or courtney@ncnr.org

Saturday, September 13 -- North Carolina cleanup starting at 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. with a post-cleanup cookout at Riverside Canoe and Tube Rental in Crumpler.  Contact Courtney at 866-481-NCNR or courtney@ncnr.org

Saturday, October 4 -- Fries Junction to Byllesby Dam, this effort is going to be a combination of picking up trash by boat and along the trail.  Date is tentative.  Contact Courtney at  866-481-NCNR or courtney@ncnr.org

The January 2008 New River Roundtable newsletter is available for download as a .pdf file on the Resources/Library page.

The Southeastern Association of RC&D Councils will meet in Wytheville, Virginia in September, 2008.

2007

The NRWR 2006-2007 Annual Plan of Work is posted under About Us>Plans and Reports.

The New River Watershed Roundtable Board met on Friday, January 5, 2007 from 9-12 at the Claytor Lake State Park Conference Center.  There was a presentation on the New River Planning District Commission's Green Infrastructure Initiative.   

Claytor Dam FERC Relicensing project is ongoing.  More information at http://www.claytorhydro.com/relicensing/pre_app_documents.htm.

The New River Symposium will be held May 31-June 2, 2007 at Radford University.  As part of an effort to develop a “State of the River” report, the NRWR is reviving the longstanding New River Symposium.  The Symposium brings together multiple perspectives:  scientific, historic, and cultural, from academia, agencies, and individuals with an interest and expertise on the New River. 

The National Association for Environmental Education is meeting in Virginia Beach in November, 2007.

2006

Claytor Dam FERC Relicensing project is ongoing.  More information at http://www.claytorhydro.com/relicensing/pre_app_documents.htm.

RIVERMorph Stream Restoration Software Training will take place September 18-20, 2006 at the Canaan Valley Resort near Davis, WV.  This course is taught by George Athanasakes, P.E. and costs $850.  For more information, visit http://www.canaanvi.org/canaanvi_web/events_ed.aspx or contact Betty Michael at (800) 922-3601, extension 252.

The basin-wide New River Cleanup was held September 23, 2006.  This was a Stewardship Virginia event, which has been coordinated with the National Committee for the New River's  BIG SWEEP cleanup upstream in North Carolina the same day.  See www.ncnr.org for more information on the NC effort.

Sponsors include Greasy Creek Outfitters, Blue Cat on the New Outfitters, New River Retreat, NRWR, NCNR, Friends of the New River, the New River Trail State Park, the Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation Adopt-a-Stream program, and many oth

Water Quality Improvement Act funding will be available again to New River localities for 2007.  The request for proposals will be out in Fall 2006.  The purpose of the WQIA is to restore and improve the quality of state waters and to protect them from impairment.  These funds provide water quality improvement grants to local governments, soil and water conservation districts and individuals for point and nonpoint source pollution prevention, reduction and control programs.  See http://www.state.va.us/dcr/sw/wqia.htm for more information.

The 2006 Virginia Water Science and Technology Symposium will be held November 1-3, 2006 in the Inn at Virginia Tech and the Skelton Conference Center on Virginia Tech campus. The symposium will feature prominent researchers and decision makers as keynote speakers. Research presentations focus will be on “pathogens: pathways and monitoring in natural and engineered systems”, a critical area of research need in Virginia and nationwide. Other research presentations will include topics on drinking water infrastructure, watershed assessment and monitoring and water quality management. Workshops, designed to benefit local government planners and interested public include developing local water supply management plans, developing total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans, and septic system design and permit requirements. The symposium is sponsored by Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech. For technical information contact Dr. Tamim Younos (tyounos@vt.edu, (540) 231-8039). For registration information contact Ms. Kelly Obenauer (kobenaue@vt.edu, (540) 231-3144).

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