Conservation Updates

The Agricultural Working Group sponsored by the Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality will meet on October 30^th to discuss opportunities to participate in Agriculture cost-share programs and the development of a Clean-up Plan for the Pigg River watershed! We will gather at the Franklin Center from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Directions to The Franklin Center: http://www.thefranklincenter.org/DIRECTIONS%20TO%20FRANKLIN%20CENTER%20PAGE.htm

Link to past meeting materials: http://www.deq.virginia.gov/tmdl/ipproj.html

Link to the Pigg River & Old Womans Creek Clean-up Plan Forum: http://www.tmdl.bse.vt.edu/forums/viewforum/23

The Residential Working Group for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality met on August 14, 2008 to discuss human and pet sources of bacteria in the Pigg River watershed. 

Repairing straight pipes and failing septic systems in the watershed will improve the water quality; however, without addressing the pet waste, we won’t lower bacteria levels enough to get the streams removed from “The Dirty Waters List.”

If you have conservation information, email it to your Conservation & Access Chair, Dave Weir at oc1@suddenlink.net and we will get it posted.

We encourage you to contact your elected officials and express your views on conservation and access issues.  To that end, let’s get down to business:

 

Honorable John Warner

United States Senate

225 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C.  20510

Telephone:  202-224-2023

Fax:  202-224-6295

Email:  http://warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

Honorable Jim Webb, Jr.

United States Senate

C1 RussellSenateOfficeBuilding

WashingtonD.C.  20510

Telephone:  202-224-4024

Fax:  202-228-6363

Email:  http://webb.senate.gov/contact/

 

Honorable Virgil H. Goode Jr.

70 East Court Street, Suite 215

Rocky Mount, VA  24151

Telephone:  1-800-535-4008

Telephone:  540-484-1254

Fax:  540-484-1459

Email:  www.house.gov/writerep