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The New River Roundtable

Welcome!

This web site attempts to be a part of the work of the Roundtable and help it achieve its purpose and goal.

The purpose of the New River Watershed Roundtable is to develop a strategic approach to improving water quality and maintaining water quantity for the New River watershed in Virginia. The goal is to create and implement a strategy with broad grassroots support that addresses the river's future and that of its land and people.

Contents of the Web Site

See the Contents and from there link to other topics.

Links

Watersheds and their restoration, protection, preservation, uses and management are complex entities always changing. There are several parts of this web site and many links to organizations and materials that we think are relevant.

About The Roundtable

Brief History

The Strategic Plan of the New River Roundtable was published in 2004 and its text has been scanned and is available here.

New 'Round the New and to the web site ... June 2, 2004 A challenging notion of need for strategic action by Bob Giles, June, 2004, retired professor, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech a link to items formerly displayed within this "new" box)

Meetings
Meetings are typically held each month at the Dublin, Virginia, Library Room at 8:45 am.

Directions to the library. Take Exit 98 from Interstate 81. Go north on Rt. 100. Proceed through 3 stoplights and after the third, opposite Hardee's and just after the bridge exit right. Merge onto Rt. 11 and get in the left-turn lane. At the stop light (CVS is on the corner) turn left. Follow this road less than 1/4th mile. Brick library (with sign on front) is on the right. Parking is beside the building.

Be sure to contact officers of The New River Watershed Roundtable ...

Officers:with links

• Chairperson - Ronald Powers
• Vice Chairperson - Llyn Sharp
• Treasurer - Charles Moss
• Secretary - Karita Knisely

Members

There are many members of the Roundtable. A current list is available.

About the River and Its Watershed

• Map
• Description

Counties

The watershed (the Virginia portion shown here in yellow) is very large, about 3000 square miles (and there are 640 acres in one of those). We have a list of the counties of the watershed in Virginia and others in adjacent states will be added soon.

Thinking About Strategiesa paper by R.H. Giles, retired professor, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech

Ranging

Bob Giles presented the concept of Ranging to the Roundtable Board at the June 1, 2004 meeting. Information about that concept is now available . We hope that it might be considered and perhaps ideas and reactions brought to a future meeting. Bob thinks it is a concept that ought to be implemented for the good of the watershed and its people.

Fisheries Notes, Virginia Tech, 1987 -

A. Sport fisheries

1. Black bass (Centrarchidae)
   1. Small mouth bass, spotted (or Kentucky) bass, and largemouth bass
   2. 12" minimum length limit, eight (in combination) per day (1969-1986)
   3. 11-14" slot length limit, five (in combination) per day (1987- )
   4. Effect of regulations not monitored to date
2. Other sunfish (Centrarchidae) a. Rock bass, and redbreast, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and longear sunfish b. No size or creel limit
3. Catfish (Ictaluridae) a. Flathead, channel, and blue catfish b. No size or creel limit
4. Muskellunge (Esocidae) a. 26" minimum length limit; two per day creel limit
5. Occasional species a. White crappie, walleye, striped bass, white bass, and striped bass X white bass hybrids (wipers) b. 20" minimum length limit on striped bass, 15" on hybrids; four (in combination) per day c. No size or creel limit on others

B. Commercial fisheries

1. Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdads (you choose)
2. Hellgrammites (dobsonfly larvae)
3. Minnows

New River Gorge National River, West Virginia

1. Jurisdiction - Department of the Interior, National Park Service
2. Complex management of many resources and conflicting uses
3. The blackfly controversy - biological, social, political

National Wild and Scenic River - North Carolina stretch of New River Jurisdiction - Department of the Interior, National Park Service

Stemming

Ideas about a proposal to stem erosion from the uplands of Claytor Lake is in draft form.

Information about Related Groups (as text becomes available)

• Brief Descriptions About Several Major Groups by Llyn Sharp
• The Rivermont Institute
• Friends of the Rivers of Virginia
• Float Fishermen of Virginia

Minutes and Notes of Meetings, Conferences, etc.

• A link to a summary of activities and topics at the meeting of members of the Roundtable board June 1, 2004, Claytor Lake.

Sponsors

Many individuals, voluntary groups, and enterprises have been helpful to The Roundtable in many ways by contributing time, money, meeting places, equipment and in many other ways. Here we have listed them with our great thanks and appreciation. The contribute to work together, a way to success.

A Collection of Notes

This is a temporary and private site being developed to assist people of the New River watershed and region. I shall welcome suggestions for improvements in the site and its content.

This Web site is temporarily maintained by R. H. Giles, Jr.
Last revision June 7, 2004.