The Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT) has scheduled two workdays on the Green River in November. Sunday, Nov. 15: Volunteers will work on the Lower Green, which requires little paddling experience. You don’t have to bring your own gear. …
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French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson will talk about water quality issues on the river Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. The river was grossly polluted before the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, according to a news release …
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The Paddlers Hemlock Health Action Taskforce (PHHAT) needs volunteers to help with hemlock treatments on the Green River this fall. These trees, which serve as an essential part of the riparian environment, are under siege by the hemlock woolly adelgid. …
After months of work, the master plan for the Mayo River State Park is nearing completion. This plan will help guide development of the 2,700-acre park in Rockingham County for the next 30 to 50 years. Take a few minutes …
What’s in the Mayo River master plan for paddlers? Read more »
The ACA presented Bob Brueckner with the 2020 Green Paddle for Waterway Conservation Award on Oct 24 during the association’s annual awards ceremony and membership meeting. Bob has served as the Carolina Canoe Club’s conservation chair since mid-2013. Since …
Thanks to William Holman, Bobby Tompkins, Alton Chewning and Paul Joffrion, the horizontally growing tree at the U.S. 64 access on the Haw has been removed. Paddlers showed up with ropes, chainsaws and a goal of cutting down the tree …
There will be two virtual meetings Thursday, Oct. 22, to discuss the master plan for the Mayo River State Park. Each session will include a short presentation and time for the public to ask questions and provide comments. Remember, …
As background, the CCC website was built in ~2009 on a Content Management System (CMS) called Drupal. Support for our Drupal version ended in 2016, with no direct migration path. We started working on a website transition from Drupal to …
Those familiar know that the current incarnation of the CCC website was developed a decade ago. The software and language it’s written in are wildly outdated, far past end of life, and no longer supported with no direct (or indirect …
A restoration project on the Dan River in Rockingham County will transform a low-head-dam into a passage for fish and play spot for paddlers. The Lindsey Bridge access on the Dan will close Sept. 14 for several months during …
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