The program engages private interests and all levels of government in study, planning, and managing the river for the benefit of future generations. The massive power lines and 17 transmission towers harm the integrity of this unique landscape and historic viewshed. Despite strong public opposition, the Army Corps of Engineers granted a permit to Dominion Energy to construct the power lines in — but the Army Corps did not require an Environmental Impact Statement.
Dominion proceeded with construction, while our partners challenged the permit in court. The transmission lines were completed while the legal battle continued.
In February , the U. American Rivers has urged the Army Corps to consider energy demand, endangered species, and the Clean Water Act as well as to ignore any costs for the removal of the transmission lines and related infrastructure. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that any construction could easily be reversed if it was found that the transmission towers and accompanying infrastructure were installed under the auspices of an unlawful permit.
James River Virginia. Land uses are classified as NPS due to the difficulty of tracing a pollutant back to a specific source. Some examples include agricultural fields, urban areas, and residential septic systems. Image 3. Scattered throughout the Upper James River are small rapids that will test your paddling skills. Agricultural fields that allow for livestock to graze directly in streams increase nutrient loads in the water, reduce bank stability, and increase soil compaction around streambanks.
Runoff from adjacent fields also impacts water quality. Riparian buffers and fencing along streams can help reduce water quality impacts associated with agriculture. Nutriment management plans can also be an effective way for crop farmers to reduce their environmental impact and save money by having a strategic plan for efficient fertilizer use and land management practices.
Urban areas contribute to stream impairments because they produce a large amount of impervious runoff. Runoff from streets, sidewalks, and parking lots enters the storm system and is released into local streams. The untreated water picks up oil, trash, and other pollutants on paved areas that is carried into the waterway.
Increasing infiltration and detaining rainwater during storm events is an effective way of reducing urban runoff. Permeable pavements and vegetated roofs are examples of best management practices that can reduce urban-based pollutants from entering a stream.
Residential septic systems can also be a source of pollution. Unmaintained systems may not operate as designed and can cause excess nutrients from household wastewater to enter a local stream.
It is important to regularly pump your septic system at least once every five years and limit items that cause clogging from entering the system. Understanding the sources of pollution and the practices that help reduce nutrient impacts on water quality can help us prevent pollution to our waterways.
The foure and twentieth day wee set up a Crosse at the head of this River, naming it Kings River, where we proclaimed James King of England to have the most right unto it. The local geography and activities of the colonists was communicated back to England when Captain Newport started his trip back across the Atlantic Ocean in June, When the London Company issued instructions to Sir Thomas Gates before he traveled to Virginia in to become governor of the colony, the waterway was still called the Kings River.
As colonists moved upstream beyond the Fall Line, they reached the confluence of two rivers. Had than naming convention been retained, the headwaters of the James River would be at the Point of Fork next to the former town of Columbia.
That would be comparable to the headwaters of the York River at West Point, where the Pumunkey and Mattaponi rivers converge.
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