News Articles
SMITH RIVER FLOWS PUBLIC INPUT
April 28, 2016
Are you a paddler, fishermen, hiker, nature watcher, photographer? Do you visit the Smith River on the weekends? Tell us how you utilize the river, what is most important to you, and if you would like to see any changes that you fill will affect quality of life and economic growth based on Smith River usage. Smith River Flows Survey
Dan River Region Survey
April 22, 2016
As a result of the Dan River Basin Community Stakeholder Forum’s work with Duke Energy following the coal ash spill in 2014, a promotional group has been enlisted to work on branding and marketing of the Dan River Region. The marketing firm is hoping to learn more about the Dan River Region and what makes this area unique and exciting. They need your help to know why you love to live and work here and what you hope others should discover about it.
STORM DRAIN MARKER PROJECT LAUNCH IN TOWN OF HALIFAX, VA
April 20, 2016
This weekend during Halifax's Earth Day Extravaganza, the locality will be joining the City of Danville as the second locality in the Dan River Region to take a simple, yet effective, action to help protect our waterways through the use of storm drain markings and medallions. The Halifax project, spearheaded by Halifax Soil and Water Conservation District, has identified 43 storms drains along VDOT maintained streets and in some heavily visited parking lots to install the markers.
