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	YR&SCB Roundtable provides a forum for information exchange to address regional water quality and planning issues within the York River, Mobjack Bay and Piankatank River Watersheds, as they relate to tributary strategy implementation. Learn more.. November 1, 2007 Summit Presentations New YR&SCB logo courtesy of Dawn Shank
	New! Help us update the York River Watershed Fact Sheet and view the State of the Dragon Run brochure
	In Education/Outreach Projects: JCC Sustainable Development Video plus more info on site design
	"Development Growth Outpacing Progress in Watershed Efforts to Restore the Chesapeake Bay," dated September 10, 2007. This review was conducted in response to a congressional request to determine how well EPA is assisting its Chesapeake Bay partners in restoring the Bay. This report focuses on progress to reduce nutrient and sediment loads from developed and developing land sources.
	What you can do to retain soil and vegetation along waterfront property while reducing shoreline hardening? Find out..
	What groups are working together to preserve natural resources in the YRSCB watersheds? Learn more.. What is the only major river of the Middle Peninsula formed in the coastal plain? FInd out..
	There are many maps and tools available to planners and natural resource agencies to assist in decisionmaking for the York River and small coastal basins. Learn more..
	Funding The efforts of the York and Small Coastal Basin Group Roundtable are funded by the Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation and the Chesapeake Bay Program.

Congratulations are in order for the York River Basin Clean Farm Award grand winner, the James River Correctional Center's Pamunkey Farm in Hanover, Virginia. The Pamunkey Farm Cooperative Venture Project included diverse partnerships that helped establish conservation techniques for better water quality in the York River basin, including: wetland and riparian buffer restoration, rotational grazing, cover crops, alternative watering sources, hardened stream crossings and more. A farm or farmer in each major basin receives the award each year for farm management techniques used to improve water quality. As Jack Frye, the Director of DCR's Division of Soil and Water Conservation stated while presenting this award for outstanding farm management, "there were lots of partners in conservation that made this project a success and the taxpayers of Virginia should be proud to see this type of partnership." Please read more about the project under our Watershed Projects section and consider a visit to see these practices in place first hand.

Grand Basin Award Winners
Pictured from left to right
Frank Baber, Keith Mausolf, George Sullivan, all with James River Correctional Center and Jack Frye, DCR- DSWC Director.
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