Spirit of Moonpie and I spent the 23^rd through the 25^th on the Blackwater above the Steele Bridge.  The water was murky, 58 degrees and 4.75 on the USGS gauge at Burdette.  I saw no water quality issues and as expected there was hardly any trash.  Read more →

Spirit of Moonpie and I spent the 11^th through the 13^th on the Blackwater below the VDGIF ramp on Rt. 603.  The water was clear, 60 degrees and 5.85 ft. on the USGS gauge at Burdette.  That is bout as perfect a condition for the river to be in for fishing on that part of the river.  Read more →

The Blackwater-Nottoway Riverkeeper Program

As recorded by Anne Parker

The meeting had 6 members in attendance, and the Board of Director’s who were present are as follows:  Jeff Turner, Nancy Turner and Anne Parker. Read more →

Spirit of Moonpie and I spent the 26^th through the 28^th on the Blackwater below Franklin.  The water was normal, clear and 67 degrees.  Air temps ranged from 57 to 83 degrees.  Skeeters were terrible on this trip, no problems with giant ones but there were millions of small ones.  Trash was heavy and I easily filled a large VDOT bag.  Not sure why there was so much this trip, but the majority of the trash began where the Franklin stormwater ditch comes to the river.  There was very little trash upriver from that point source. Read more →