WV Rivers in Trouble
WV Rivers Coalition, et al., to host Charleston press conference Monday!
Join WV Rivers Coalition, Advocates for a Safe Water System, OVEC, WV Citizen Action Group, and WV Environmental Council at the WV Capitol Building as we remember the Elk River chemical leak on the 3-year anniversary of the #wvwatercrisis.
WV Rivers and Advocates are co-hosting a press conference with three experts who have been working on safe water since the January 9, 2014 chemical leak, which contaminated the drinking water of over 300,000 West Virginians.
We need you to come out and show your support for our water! The media will be there, and our elected officials will be watching. We need to send a strong message that we, the people of West Virginia, are paying attention and demand safe water! Join the event on Facebook and invite others.
What: Press Conference – Three Years After the Water Crisis: Where Are We Now?
When: 11 am Monday, January 9, 2017
Where: Lower Rotunda, State Capitol Building, Charleston
Yours for the environment, WV Environmental Council,
http://wvecouncil.org, info@wvecouncil.org
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Greenbrier River Watershed Association year-end letter
Thanks for your support of the Greenbrier River Watershed Association over the past year, and for some of you, for many years. Our email newsletters come out about twice a month. They contain information which we hope you have found useful. Also, if you have not recently been to the website, www.greenbrier.org, please visit us there. It has undergone changes that you will like. We are also on Facebook at Greenbrier Watershed.
This past year has brought many challenges and many rewards. Of course, we were struck to our core by the June flooding which affected so many of our families, communities, parks, forests and the river itself and her tributaries. Who could forget the scenes of tragedy that kept unfolding? Many of our members pitched in to help neighbors and are still working to rebuild our communities. Proceeds from our annual Watershed Celebration at Lost World were earmarked for repair of the damaged Greenbrier River Trail. Huge thanks to all who continue to volunteer!
We continue to support clean water in every way we can. We think it is our right as citizens to have clean drinking water and clean streams in which to recreate. Our deep concern about the potential for environmental harm from proposed pipelines, and the lack of oversight by agencies tasked with regulating them, has not abated. It is still hard to believe that our remote river is slated for two crossings by huge industrial projects whose purpose is not bringing energy to our state, but rather exporting it overseas.
On a happier note, we were recognized as Watershed of the Year by the West Virginia Watershed Network. The main reason was our successful work to get conservation easements on 250 acres along the River and Trail in Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties. This acreage overlooks Spice Run Wilderness and will be forever protected from development.
Another of our projects which received statewide attention was our collaboration with the US Forest Service on construction of a new boat launch at Anthony. Our new coordinator, Jennifer Baker, traveled to Charleston recently for that award. The project will receive Transportation Enhancement Funds. We know your time and funds are limited, but we want to let you know that we appreciate your generous support, and hope that as you look at year-end giving, you will be able to include your local water protectors on the “nice” list.
Sincerely, John Walkup, President; Greenbrier River Watershed Association, P.O. Box 1419, Lewisburg, WV 24901
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See also: “West Virginia Streams are in Trouble”
http://www.appalmad.org/slider/west-virginias-streams-are-in-trouble/
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