Muddy Water
Watch
Want to help cleanup
and stop the spread of the biggest polluter in the watershed?
RiverLink is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from the
Pigeon River Fund of The Community Foundation of Western North
Carolina, for the RiverLink's Muddy Water Watch program...read
more
Training dates: January
29, February 12, February
23
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Progress at Karen Cragnolin
Park
We are making great progress at Karen Cragnolin Park - the
former EDACO junkyard. We anticipate that all the concrete will be
off the site - 100% recycled by the end of January. Then we
can start our Phase II testing under the EPA Brownfield
Program! Watch this space!
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Community Drought
Forum
Join RiverLink for a community forum focusing on the
'exceptional' drought (the most severe level) in the French Broad
River watershed. Speakers from Duke University, Altamont
Environmental, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, and RiverLink
will cover various aspects of the drought including groundwater,
economic impact, the role of stormwater management and low impact
development. "In order to get through this drought and to
sustain our increasing population we must move towards a more water
and energy efficient economy," said Bill Holman, senior fellow at
Duke's Nicholas Institute and keynote speaker at the
forum.
The forum will take place on February 22 at 8am at
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College's Ferguson Auditorium
and will be followed by an optional tour of the North Carolina
Arboretum's stormwater best management practices. The forum is free
and open to the public, there will be a fee for the Arboretum
tour... read more
For more information and to register please contact
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River
Cleanups
BIG thanks to all
December volunteer river cleanup teams who braved the frigid
air/water temps!
 December Stats
11
Bags
130
Tires
34
Volunteers
96 Volunteer
hours
Value of volunteer
hours = $1,802.00
(IRS estimates
the dollar value of volunteer time is $18.77 per hour.)
Writemind Institute-Endo
Pharmaceuticals French
Broad River/Madison County
-6 volunteers- 63
Tires
TAASC The American Adventure Service
Corps Swananoa
River/Azalea Park
-15 volunteers- 66
Tires
NC Outward
Bound Swananoa
River/Nature Center
- 8 volunteers
-1Tire, 1 Refrigerator Door, 10 bags
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2007
Wrapup
1,180
Bags
358
Tires
964
Volunteers
2,033
Volunteer Hours
Value of
volunteer hours $38,159
A very special
thanks to all of RiverLink's volunteers for a great year! You do
make a difference.
We hope to see you in
2008!
For more
information on RiverLink's Volunteer Program contact volunteer@riverlink.org or http://www.riverlink.org/volunteer.asp |
We are gearing up for
some exciting programs in 2008!
Are you a teacher, youth
group leader, or a parent? Would you like to get your students
RiverLinked? The K-12 Watershed Education Program offers dozens of lessons
about the French Broad River watershed. Contact the Education
Coordinator to schedule a lesson in 2008!
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Upcoming Events
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January
17
Asheville Quiet Zone
meeting details
Please join us at AB Tech,
Simpson Auditorium starting at 6 pm for a
presentation about the Rail Road Quiet Zones. This is an
opportunity to ask questions and voice your
opinions and concerns. We have an
on-line survey you can take as well as frequently
asked questions and answers about Quiet
Zones
January
29
Muddy Water
Watch Training ScheduleThanks to the Z. Smith Reynold's Foundation and
to the Pigeon River Fund for their support of
RiverLink's Riverkeeper Muddy Water River Watch
Program.
February
22
Community Drought
Forum
Water is this
regions most precious asset. Come learn what you can do
to help protect our water
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| River Arts District Studios Open Every Friday
from 10 to 4.
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RIVER
FACT
Only 7% of the country's landscape is in a riparian
zone-only 2% of which still supports riparian vegetation.
RIVER
PHOTOS
Photos by Jeff Rich,
photographer working on FBR watershed photo project-
click here to view
website
French Broad River- Asheville, North Carolina
Crossing on the Swannanoa River - Asheville, North
Carolina
Mitch and Mike, French Broad River
Davidson River, near Brevard, NC
RIVER
QUOTE
"Any river is
the summation of the whole valley. To think of it as nothing but
water is to ignore the greater part." - Hal
Borland
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