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River Stewardship Day 2007
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River Stewardship Day Moves to June 2
 The 17th Annual Mattaponi and Pamunkey
River Stewardship Day has been moved from its traditional September date to June
2 for 2007. Organizers hope the change in dates will enable more school groups
to become involved. In addition, the new date moves the event out of hurricane
season and it enables our River Stewardship Day to become part of
Clean the Bay
Day, which is sponsored annually by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
River Stewardship Day is always a great day on our local
rivers. Not only does it help clean up our local waterways, but it gives people
who may not have access to the rivers an opportunity to get on the water, see
wildlife, and learn about the remarkable river resources we strive to protect.
Hopefully this will lead to better stewardship of our rivers throughout the
year.
Volunteers in boats, canoes and on foot are needed for the
river clean up. We work from numerous landings on both rivers from above Rt.
360 to West Point. If you have a boat or canoe, bring it. If you want to ride
with someone, let us know. We are especially looking for folks with boats this
year so we can travel farther from our landings and reach areas that may not
have been cleaned in recent years.
In addition to the clean up, volunteers can sign up for
other stewardship activities, including a wetlands inventory, water quality
monitoring and maintenance at our water trail kiosk sites.
Volunteers will meet for the morning briefing at 8:30 a.m.
at one of three places: Dick Campbell’s place near King William Courthouse, the
West Point boat landing or Rainbow Acres Campground in King and Queen.
(click for directions) After
the morning’s clean up and stewardship activities on the rivers, all volunteers
are invited to a picnic at Dick Campbell’s place on the Mattaponi at 2 p.m.,
featuring fried chicken, barbecue, ice cream and lots of door prizes donated by
our local sponsors.
Lots of fun will be had by all, so mark the date, bring
your family and friends and join in on June 2.
VERY IMPORTANT: Anyone interested in
volunteering or becoming a sponsor for River Stewardship Day should call Kitty
Cox, King William/West Point Litter Prevention Coordinator, at 769-4917.
2007 River Stewardship
Day Sponsorship Letter (WORD document)
Click here to view our current River
Stewardship Day Sponsors.
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