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Tour
de French Broad
September
6-21, 2006
RiverKeeper Hartwell
Carson and Friends
 Explore the French
Broad River
A
hot bowl of chili (courtesy of the French Broad Preservation Association)
and a warm welcome in Knoxville, Tenn., was certainly the right way to put
the finishing touches on a 219-mile journey down the entire length of the
French Broad River. Hartwell Carson, RiverLink’s French Broad Riverkeeper,
and Mark Vanderhoff, of Black Dome Mountain Sports, recently completed the
16-day trip.
Carson
organized the expedition to raise awareness about the modern challenges
facing the French
Broad River and all of the
tributaries that make up its watershed. The adventure also afforded
Carson the
opportunity to acquaint himself with the river, meet its residents and
monitor its health.
“I
felt I had a good understanding of the issues and challenges that are
facing our watershed, but to see the impact from development runoff first
hand was eye opening,” he said.
One of the biggest problems
Carson
spoke about, non-point source pollution, comes from erosion at
construction sites, pesticides and herbicides, and other seemingly
innocuous sources. The team from RiverLink found the river neglected in
parts and had an easy time seeing the impact from development throughout
Western North Carolina and Eastern
Tennessee. Many of the streams that flowed from developed
areas ran brown with sediment, while others entered the French Broad clean
and cold, just the way most aquatic life depend
on.
To
read more about this exciting trip visit www.riverlink.org and click on the
Tour de French Broad Blog under the
announcements.
Tour de French Broad
Prints
Support RiverLink
Gingerprint is pleased to offer the
first in a series of French
Broad River photographs taken by Laurie
McCarriar in support of RiverLink and the Tour de French
Broad.
Get
RiverLinked!
Protecting Our Waterways
One Person at a Time
Message from
the Volunteer
Coordinator
As the newest member of
the RiverLink team, I am very impressed with the support we receive from
the community! RiverLink has many volunteer opportunities, so no matter
what your interest, background, and availability, you can help protect our
waterways!
Please read on
for:
Volunteer Opportunities ~ Upcoming Events ~ New
Positions
Thanks!
Kathryn
Blau
(828)252-8474
x.118
volunteer@riverlink.org
www.riverlink.org
Please
contact me to find out how you can get
involved!
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RiverLinkers
on the River
River Cleanup
teams from UNC Asheville ACT clean the Swannanoa
River!
On
an overcast and chilly September day, over 150 UNC-Asheville freshmen
picked up trash along the Swannanoa River. The group,
part of UNC-A’s ACT (Active Citizenship Together) community service
program, covered a 1.5 mile stretch of the river, collected over 200 bags
of trash as well as tires, buckets and furniture, contributed a total of
600 hours of service, and had a great time getting to know each other and
their watershed!
For October
River Cleanup Dates,
see www.riverlink.org. To sign up, email
volunteer@riverlink.org.
New
Positions
Volunteer Natural
Resources Advisory Board:
Forestry/
Botany • Soil/ Land use
•
Biology/ Wildlife •
Air
Quality
Internships
Office Intern
•
RiverKeeper
Intern • Volunteer
Intern • Media
Intern
Hominy Creek Dog Park
builders
Upcoming Volunteer
Events
Volunteer
info/ training sessions
WNC Nature Center Hey Day
Festival
October River
Cleanups
More
exciting opportunities
Adopt a Stream
teams
River
Cleanups
River Cleanup
Coordinator
CreekKeepers
River of
Words
Outing
guides
Please
contact the Volunteer
Coordinator for more details about volunteer opportunities at
RiverLink!
Thank
you for your support!!!
We
couldn’t do it without you!
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UNC-Asheville
ACT
(Active Citizenship
Together)
River Cleanup on
September 12
Over 150 UNC-A freshmen
cleaned the Swannanoa River,
collecting more than 200 bags of
trash! |
Best Buy Arden Stream
Team
River Cleanup on
September 28
The crew that cleaned
the French
Broad River Park
participates in ongoing River Cleanups and monitoring through
RiverLink’s Adopt-A-Stream
program! |
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Carolina Day
School
River Cleanup on
October 2
The
8th grade class collected trash from the State
Street creek.
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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community
College
River Cleanup on October
2
Students cleaned the FBR
along Hominy Creek Park after
reading Saints on the
River as part of the Together we Read
program. |
Sincerely,
Kathryn
Blau
Volunteer
Coordinator
RiverLink,
Inc.
AmeriCorps
Project Conserve
P.O.
Box
15488
Asheville, NC 28813-0488
Office: (828)
252-8474 x.118
Cell: (919)
593-0067
Fax: (828)
253-6848
RiverLink is a regional
non-profit spearheading the economic and environmental revitalization of
the French
Broad River and its tributaries as a place
to work, live and play. www.riverlink.org
North
Carolina
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