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Lake James Symposium

Hank Talmadge • Nov 19, 2022

2022 Lake James Symposium

At the beginning of the month, Northern Basin Manager Grant Buckner and Riverkeeper Brandon Jones traveled to Western Piedmont Community College for the Annual Lake James Watershed Symposium. Over 85 people gathered to share knowledge, make connections, and plan for the protection of the Lake James watershed.


Grant presented about the Northern Catawba Basin Protection and Restoration plan with a focus on the priority projects to improve water quality. These projects include the Loom Creek Riparian Vegetation Restoration Project, Old Fort Finishing Dam Removal, and the White Creek Restoration Project. Brandon met with representatives from Burke, McDowell, and Gaston Counties to discuss local government’s role in protecting water quality.


A huge focus of 2023 for Catawba Riverkeeper will be our restoration projects! In 2022 we incorporated restore into our mission statement and recognized protection efforts alone will not address areas of previous degradation. It is vital over the next year to spend time focusing on restoration to revive our water!


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Happy Earth Month! While every month is Earth Month here at Catawba Riverkeeper, we’re excited about the extra attention and enthusiasm for protecting our local environment that comes every April! Throughout this month, we're amplifying our efforts to spread awareness and provide a variety of options for you to get out and learn from, engage in, or advocate for the preservation, protection, and restoration of our shared waterways. Because of that, our calendar is jam-packed with public and private cleanups, guided tours, education programing, outreach events, and fun activities at Confluence & The River Room all month long. Just take a look at some of the events we have going on! In honor of Earth Month, we hope that you engage with us in some of these events by volunteering your time to clean up our water, learning more about issues affecting our water, and sharing our work and mission with other people as ambassadors. If you'd like to make an Earth Month contribution to Catawba Riverkeeper, you can give to our Spring Education Appeal, help us purchase a new Catawba Riverkeeper vehicle, or attend our Ambassador Training and represent us at events throughout the year. Our work is not possible without the support of people like you. We are only a drop in the bucket of worldwide water conservation efforts, but with the support of people like you, we can make mighty waves of change! Thank you in advance for your support, and happy Earth Month!
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