We have new t-shirts with the original water scene on the back. These shirts are a copy of the limited edition shirts we had made when the BNRP was just getting started in 2000. Danny Cheek and I designed these shirts back when he was still alive. They have always been my favorite.  They are light blue, heavy grade shirts with our logo on the front pocket. Sorry about this but it will take a $15 donation to get one because the cost was nearly $12 for these nice shirts. You can send donation (specify size, no small) plus $5 shipping to BNRP, PO Box 44 Sedley Va. 23878. Or click on the Donation link on the homepage to send payment that way. Be sure to specify size (M, L, XL, XXL) usually one size bigger than you think works best.

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Come canoe/kayak the Blackwater River to celebrate designation of the largest one-time addition to the State Scenic Rivers Program – 56 miles of the Blackwater River in Isle of Wight and Southampton counties and the cities of Franklin and Suffolk. Meet at the DGIF boat ramp on Joyners Bridge Road in Isle of Wight County. Bring your lunch and plan to spend the day paddling through tupelo and bald cypress as we wind our way down to the Franklin, VA boat ramp. This trip will also be involved with Clean Rivers Day and annual event sponsored by the Blackwater Nottoway Riverkeeper Program.  It is a fantastic opportunity to see and improve this marvelous stretch of river that is rarely seen.  Participants are encouraged to register for this free event. For further details, questions, or to add your name to the participant list, please contact Bobby Clontz at rbclontz@hotmail.com or (757) 353-7376.

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Moonpie & I spent the 5th through the 7th on the Nottoway below the Bronco Club. The water was high, muddy, fast and 39 degrees in the river but 45 in the coves.
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This is my second attempt at gathering and preserving the local history of our rivers. It is a collection of things I have read, interviews, personal experience and hearsay. It is my hope that this amalgamation of material will make it infinitely more appealing for people to learn the important history of the relationship between the Blackwater and Nottoway Rivers and our existences here in Franklin and the surrounding Counties.
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Moonpie, Freezing Deer and I spent the 24th through the 26th on the Blackwater below Franklin. The water was low, stagnant and 84 degrees. The dissolved oxygen (DO) was 2.30 ppm at the surface and at 12ft was .99 ppm. I have never seen readings that low in the river.
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As recorded by John Bunch, Secretary

Jeff Turner opened the meeting by announcing that Otto Wachsmann has turned in his resignation. Jeff then went on to give a presentation to the meeting participants on a historical perspective of the formation of the group and the duties of the program’s BOD and officers. That presentation went as follows:
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The Blackwater Nottoway Riverkeeper Program will no longer be meeting at the Courtland Library. New location is at the Paul D. Camp Community College WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER building at 100 North College Drive Franklin Va. 23851. Meetings start at 7:30 pm and are open to the public.

As recorded by John Bunch, Secretary
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