Text Box: SOUTHEAST RC&D MEETING DISPLAY— Text Box: The RC&D Council worked with the Virginia Association of RC&D Council’s Publicity Committee to develop an exhibit booth to promote the 2008 meeting in Virginia at the Southeast Association RC&D Councils’ 2007 meeting held in Asheville, NC. The RC&D Council secured funding for the display and promotional items. The exhibit was manned by Virginia RC&D Council members and coordinators. Staff from the Wytheville Meeting Center assisted with brochures and promotional materials. Text Box: Completed RC&D Projects: Text Box: The RC&D Council held their annual Earthday and Earthteam celebration on April 24th in Rural Retreat. Five Earthteam council members worked with approximately 60 fifth graders to plant over 40 plants and shrubs in a rain garden at Rural Retreat Elementary School. Text Box: RC&D COUNCIL EARTHDAY/ EARTHTEAM CELEBRATION— Text Box: The RC&D Council hosted a Low Impact Development Workshop to look at Best Management Practices that would reduce runoff from areas being developed and stormwater management practices to control runoff after development. Approximately 40 people attended the conference which included a field tour to a subdivision that demonstrated Best Management Practices. Text Box: LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP— Text Box: The RC&D Council joined in a collaborative effort with MapTech, Inc. and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to support Virginia’s efforts to develop Bacterial Source Total maximum Daily Load Studies. The project conducted bacterial source tracking analysis’ on samples collected from impaired waters. The project provided an analysis for 1,200 samples over a two-year period for 60 free flowing surface water stations and 60 shellfish water stations. Text Box: BACTERIAL SOURCE TRACKING FOR TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD STUDIES FY 2008— Text Box: New River-Highlands Resource Conservation and Development Council’s 2008 Annual Report

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Text Box: NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE— Text Box: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical assistance to the RC&D Council. This technical assistance comes in the form of the services of a coordinator, secretary and office support. NRCS provides $129,476 for this technical assistance. In addition to the RC&D office staff, NRCS provides project support through the six field offices and the area office to assist in the implementation of projects. NRCS provided technical assistance to plan, survey, design and install conservation practices such as streambank restoration, livestock direct marketing workshop, Back Creek Environmental Protection Agency Implementation Plan, Mill, Dodd, Little and Beaver Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Plans and other projects. NRCS field staff participates in RC&D Council meetings and the planning and implementation of projects. Their technical assistance is a very important part of the USDA RC&D partnership.

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