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Two New River Access Points Smith Riverfest Dan and Smith River Guides Now Available 1 Volume 8 , Issue 4 Fall 2009 Preserving and Promoting the Natural and Cultural Resources of the Dan River Basin through Stewardship, Recreation and Education Dan River Basin Association Inside this issue New Stokes Field Office ! Two New River Access Points Smith Riverfest Dan and Smith River Guides Now Available Stream Walk Trail Opens in Caswell County Visit us on the web at www.danriver.org 2 NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE Meetings of the DRBA Board of 413 Church Street, Suite 401 Directors Eden, NC 27288-3242 are held on the third Wednesday of January, April, July, and October. All DRBA members are welcome to at- Katherine Mull tend. The next Board meeting will be at 5:00 p.m. on Executive Director 336-627-6270 Wednesday, October 21 at the Eden City Hall. [email protected] Dan River Basin Association Jenny Edwards Program Manager 276-340-2462 Board of Directors [email protected] Chad Hall President, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Stuart, VA Program Manager Vice President, David Jones, Martinsville, VA 336-627-6260 [email protected] Treasurer, Mark Bishopric, Eden, NC Secretary, T Butler, Wentworth, NC Robin Light Office/Accounting Manager Barry Dunkley, Danville, VA 336-627-6260 Carl Espy, Halifax, VA [email protected] H. Clay Gravely IV, Martinsville, VA VIRGINIA OFFICE Clark Graves, Alton, VA 3300 Kings Mountain Road Milton Hundley, Eden, NC P.O. Box 7 Ellen Jessee, Collinsville, VA Collinsville, VA 24078 William L. Kirby IV, Martinsville, VA Wayne Knox, Martinsville, VA Jennifer Doss Rivers and Trails Kevin Moore, Reidsville, NC Project Manager William W. Truslow, Greensboro, NC 276-634-2545 Fletcher Waynick, Reidsville, NC [email protected] Brian Williams Education, Outreach and Conservation Coordinator currents staff 276-634-2545 [email protected] Editor Photography Contributing Regenia Manns Dorcas Midkiff T Butler Writers Administrative Assistant Darrin Doss 276-634-2591 Jennifer Doss T Butler [email protected] Associate Eden City Staff Jennifer Doss Jenny Edwards Editor Jenny Edwards Chad Hall Chad Hall T Butler Stokes Field Office Suzanne Hutchens Wayne Kirkpatrick Betty Kirkpatrick Katherine Mull Dale Swanson Beth Mosca Katie Whitehead Stokes Program Coordinator Eddie Sauls Brian Williams 339-593-3722 Dale Swanson [email protected] Brian Williams On the Cover… Rock Castle Creek...in Woolwine, Va. One of the few creeks in the area where you can catch the triple crown... (Rainbow, Brook, and Brown Trout). Photographer Darrin R. Doss 3 4 Greetings from the Director New Stokes County Field Office! Contents Fall 2009 5 Draper Landing, Island Ford Access Dedication president’s space 6 Smith Riverfest 2009 DRBA volunteer Paul May assisting two Boys and Girls Club children with a net of macroinvertebrates 6 10 8 5 9 7 8 4 9 7 Uranium Mining Update July 1st Outing Mayo and Dan 10 Fieldale Bridge Preservation 8 Caswell County New Members Join DRBA Virginia Streamwalk Trail Opens 11 Memberships and Donations August 1 Outing 9 September 5 Outing 12 Scenic Caswell Co Postcards Smith and Dan Guides Available Greetings from the Director4 A new challenge ! On behalf of the Dan River Basin Association, Now is the many thanks to each person who has contributed to perfect time to share DRBA’s work and encourage DRBA’s challenge grant from Z. Smith Reynolds Foun- friends, neighbors and colleagues to help meet the chal- dation. lenge. If you have not already contributed, please con- DRBA is honored to have received an addi- sider an investment in the many good things that DRBA tional challenge from a very generous board member. If is doing. The return on your investment is unbeatable; DRBA raises $10,000 by the end of December, DRBA’s your $100 donation will turn into $250! work for our communities, our children and our land and water will be bolstered with an additional $5,000 contri- Katherine Mull bution! Introducing DRBA's New Stokes Field Office! DRBA is pleased to introduce a new Stokes County Field Office and our new staff member, Dale downriver racing Swanson, the Stokes Program Coordinator. The office with his children is located in the Stokes County Arts Council building in throughout the Danbury, thanks to efforts of Alan Wood, Economic southeast, and has Development Director, and Eddy McGee of the Arts discovered trail run- Council, with the support of the county commissioners ning in Hanging and many others in Stokes. Rock. He credits the Swanson, an avid outdoor recreation enthusiast, Dan River Company is excited about the opportunity to work as a local con- near his home with tact for engaging the Stokes community. In addition to “providing our chil- driving DRBA projects such as river access, trails devel- dren with summer opment, and Trout/Catfish in the Classroom, he will be employment and working on a new initiative to develop a youth paddling drawing all of us program. closer to the river.” Currently freelancing in web site Thirteen years ago, Dale and his wife, Carol Hart- development and social media marketing, Dale has sog, moved from Winston-Salem to the Danbury area also been doing some river guiding and paddling in- with their children, Noah, Susie, Joey and Peter, “to struction with DRC. raise our children in a more rural setting.” They have Swanson says, “The new office will be a focal become a part of the community through the schools, point for strengthening DRBA's presence in this impor- church, and youth sports leagues. tant and beautiful corner of the Dan River basin. Con- necting economic development with environmental pro- Swanson grew up vacationing and working in the tection and quality of life issues seems impossible to so outdoors, spending teenage years in northern California many people, and I'm thrilled to have found a home with backpacking, rock climbing and cycling on the open DRBA, which has done so much elsewhere in the ba- hillsides and working at a Boy Scout camp in the Sierra sin. Bringing DRBA's significant resources more fully Mountains teaching swimming, life saving, rowing, sail- into Stokes County is about as exciting and rewarding ing and canoeing, “where I finally gained an under- an opportunity as I could dream of.” standing of the J-stroke.” Dale Swanson can be reached at dswan- Swanson holds an English degree from East [email protected] or 336-593-DRBA (3722). The office Carolina University and has been a freelance technical address is 108 Bank Street, Danbury, NC 27016 writer and an IT staff member at RJ Reynolds. He is an ACA-certified whitewater canoe instructor, competes in 5 City of Eden Dedicates Two River Access Points Culminating sixteen months of dedicated plan- “Along with our ning and work, on July 19 the City of Eden, “Land of planned green- Two Rivers,” proudly dedicated two new access ways and bike- points, one on each of the two rivers that run through ways, the river the city. Mayor John Grogan and other city leaders accesses provide cut the red ribbons. another compo- nent of connec- Island Ford Landing, at the Meadow Road trail- tivity for our head of the Smith River Greenway, is just across the community.” river and almost in sight of DRBA’s office. The green- way and the river access are the southernmost com- ponents of the Smith River Trail System of footpaths Draper Landing L-R, Councilman Jerry and river miles running through Henry County, VA, Ellis, Mayor John Grogan, Ray Thomas, and ending at the Smith’s confluence with the Dan in Councilman Darrel Carter Eden, NC. Draper Landing, at the NC 700 Bridge on the Dan, is the furthest downstream access point in Island Ford L_R. Council- Rockingham County before the river reenters Virginia man Darrel Carter, Council- on its way to Danville. Both accesses enable boaters man Jim Burnette, Council- to launch handheld boats down the rivers’ high man Jerry Ellis, Mayor John Grogan, Parks & Recreation banks. Director Johnny Farmer, Noting that Eden is made up of three towns— City Manager Brad Leaksville, Spray, and Draper—that consolidated in Corcoran 1967, Johnny Farmer, Director of Eden’s Parks and Recreation Department, commented, “Island Ford Farmer noted that the and Draper Landing, along with Leaksville Landing city’s citizens and visitors of all ages are already using and the Boat Landing, now tie the rivers and all the the accesses frequently for boating, tubing, fishing, ob- sections of our city together. serving wildlife and just watching the water go by. T Butler president’s space Festival Season! Everywhere you travel in the DRBA’s Collins- Dan River Basin this time of year fairs and festivals ville office. Re- tempt you with creative crafts, local history, sinful foods genia is office and toe-tappin’ music. Just about every Saturday finds manager and Kat DRBA’s display with staff and volunteers at a festival comes to DRBA near you! Please stop by and spend some time with us. through an intern program with The popular First Saturday Outings enjoyed an all Averett College. time record participation on the September 5 outing from Eden’s Draper Landing to Berry Hill Bridge. Sev- A s w e enty-seven boats carrying ninety-eight people made the approach Fall float down the Dan River. The excellent access at the foliage and cooler weather, I invite you to join with 700 Bridge and many enthusiastic DRBA volunteers DRBA as we take our last paddle trips and first hikes of made the trip a treat for everyone. DRBA thanks every- the season. I have met and enjoyed spending time with one who helped make this day a success. many folks on the rivers this year, and I look forward to more lazy floats and leisurely hikes this Fall and Winter.
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