What others are Doing or Have Done
You can reach me by e-mail
at: rbaker@shentel.net
Bob Nanninga and Cleaning up Plastic
http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et0694/et0694s7.html
SDEarth Times - articles covering a
wide variety of local, national and international environmental
topics
http://www.sdearthtimes.com/
Virginia Litter Prevention and
Recycling Program
http://www.deq.state.va.us/recycle/lprevention.html
Pennsylvania AntiLitter Campaign -
Listed here because of it's Ideas and Work
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/Litter/Facts/prevent.htm
How
can I prevent litter? (Pointers from their Site)
Please help prevent litter:
1. Always
dispose of your trash in a proper receptacle.
2. If you have children, teach them to do the
same.
3. Carry a litter bag in your vehicle and use it!
4. Never throw anything from your vehicle
windows.
5. Always clean up your site after a picnic or
other activity.
6. Cover trash receptacle tightly.
7. Secure your load if you carry trash or loose
materials in a truck.
Contacts With others Involved in the North Fork Shenandoah Area
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Group Name: Corridor H
Alternatives
Contact: Bonni McKeown
Contact Address: Box 463
Wardensville, WEST
VIRGINIA 26851
Contact Phone:
304-874-3887
Contact Email:
tcoogan@globalcom.net
Activity: Watershed
Alliance/Council
Description: Promote
transportation systems which preserve and enhance the quality of
life, the natural environment,
local business and
community cohesion, local history and culture in the Potomac
Highlands and Shenandoah Valley of
West Virginia and
Virginia.
Data Provided By: River
Network
Address: PO Box 8787
Portland, OREGON 97207
Phone: (503) 241-3506
Email:
rivernet@igc.apc.org
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Group Name: Eastern
Earth
Contact: Chris Kennel
Activity: Volunteer
Monitoring
Description: Types of
Waterbodies Monitored: rivers Type of Monitoring: biological,
physical, site assessment, debris
cleanup
Address: Eastern Earth
c/o Eastern Mennonite
High School/801 Parkwood Ave
Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA
22801
Phone: 703-433-9107
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Group Name: Friends of
the North Fork Shenandoah River
Contact: Patricia Maier
Activity: Watershed
Alliance/Council
Description:
Established: 1988 Mission: Dedicated to protecting and enhancing
the purity, beauty, and natural flow of the
North Fork Shenandoah,
its tributaries, and the basin?s groundwater.
Resources/Publications: Periodical newsletter,
brochure
Volunteer/Monitoring Activities: Sponsor river clean-ups, yard
sale, golf tournament, education presentations
for grades K-12; Also
involved in water quality monitoring, a well-testing program,
public awareness, tributary strategies, and Earth Day.
Address: P.O. Box 746
Woodstock, VIRGINIA
22664
Phone: (540) 459-8550
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Group Name: Friends of
the Shenandoah River
Contact Address: PO Box
410
Front Royal, VIRGINIA
22630
Contact Phone:
540-636-4948
email: fsr@rma.edu
Web: http://www.fosr.org/
Activity: Watershed
Alliance/Council
Description: To preserve
and protect the Shenandoah River and to educate the general
public of the importance of the
Shenandoah and other
rivers.
Data Provided By: River
Network
Address: PO Box 8787
Portland, OREGON 97207
Phone: (503) 241-3506
Email: rivernet@igc.apc.org
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Group Name: Lost River
Committee
Contact: Elizabeth
Webster
Contact Address: Route 1
Box 65A1
Mathias, WEST VIRGINIA
26812
Contact Phone:
304-897-5948
Activity: Watershed
Alliance/Council
Description:
Data Provided By: River
Network
Address: PO Box 8787
Portland, OREGON 97207
Phone: (503) 241-3506
Email:
rivernet@igc.apc.org
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Group Name: Pine Cabin
Run Ecological Laboratory
Contact: Nancy Ailes or
Neil Gillies
Activity: Youth
Education Project/Program
Description: Mission: To
use science and education to help concerned citizens protect and
restore Appalachian Rivers. Resources/Publications:
Quarterly newsletter, "Cacapon;" Portrait of A River:
Ecological Baseline of the Cacapon River,
1993 ($5.00)
Volunteer/Monitoring Activities: Rigorous ecological monitoring
throughout the Cacapon watershed.
Address: Rt. 1, Box 328
High View, VIRGINIA
26808
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Group Name: Shenandoah
Valley Pure Water 2000 Forum
Contact: Kathryn
Phillips
Contact Address: 701
Carrier Drive/MSC 4102
Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA
22807
Contact Phone: (540)
568-8793
Contact Email: phillikb
URL: http://www.cisat.jmu.edu/projects/forum/forum.htm
Activity: Watershed
Alliance/Council
Description: The Forum
is an umbrella group (non-profit) linking business, industry,
agriculture, educators, local and
state governments, and
citizen groups. Our mission statement is to "promote water
pollution prevention, prioritize and
address water quality
issues, and enhance environmental education in our schools and
communities throughout the
Shenandoah Valley
watershed."
Address: 701 Carrier
Drive/MSC 4102
Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA
22807
Phone: (540) 568-8793
Email: phillikb@jmu.edu