Important WV Watershed Meetings October 19th & 20th

Jennifer Baker,  New Coordinator for the Greenbrier River Watershed Association to be introduced at Annual Meeting, October 19th

The Greenbrier River Watershed Association will hold its annual meeting, October 19, 2016 at St. James Episcopal Church in Lewisburg, WV. The meeting will start at 7pm, with Howdy Henritz from The Indian Creek Watershed Association as guest speaker. Howdy will showcase their interactive mapping program and have a hydrological studies update.

Leslee McCarty will update those in attendance on the Greenbrier River Trail Restoration project. Elise Keaton, outreach coordinator, will present actions which can be taken concerning pipelines slated to be built across the main stem of the river in two places.

Jennifer Baker, new Coordinator for the Watershed Association, will be introduced. Jennifer has lived in Greenbrier County for thirty-two years, and has headed  the County Planning Commission and was Vice-President of the  Greenbrier County Board of Zoning Appeals. She was instrumental in obtaining city water for 500 residents including her neighborhood and the Monroe Draft area in 1995. Jennifer stresses, “I have strong ties to the Greenbrier River, having grown up as the daughter of a fisheries biologist and I want to see our water protected as a vibrant resource for our community.”

Both current members and the general public are encouraged to attend this important meeting.

Where to find news

As always, great information is at www.pipelineupdate.org and these two great groups now have Facebook pages, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition. There is a Facebook Page (at least one) for the Dakota Access Pipeline fight — Sacred Stone Camp. Find out the latest news and how to support these.

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Public Meeting & Informational Update on Proposed 42” Pipelines:
EQT’s Mountain Valley and Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipelines

Thursday, October 20, 6:00 p.m. at Jackson’s Mill, West Virginia Building, between Weston and Jane Lew in Lewis County.

If you live in Wetzel,* Harrison,* Doddridge,* Lewis,* Braxton,* Upshur, Randolph, Pocahontas, Webster, Nicholas, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe, your county will be affected!

YOUR COUNTY will be affected!

Legal and Expert Presenters will be available to answer YOUR questions and help you file your comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Public comment period is open until December 22, 2016, but early filing is essential.

Contact April Keating of Mountain Lakes Preservation Association at 304-642-9436 for more information.

Tagged as: Buckhannon River, drilling, eminent domain, fracking, Greenbrier River, large diameter pipelines, marcellus shale, national forests, West Fork River