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Text Box: New River-Highlands Resource Conservation and Development Council’s 2008 Annual Report Text Box: Completed RC&D Projects: Text Box: The New River-Highlands RC&D Council recognized the following people for their outstanding contributions to the RC&D program at the 2006 Annual Awards Banquet in November: Outstanding RC&D Council Member- Tom Dumper Distinguished Service Awards- Marion Fire Department/Robert Pike Rodney Williams/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Rachel Havens/Big Walker Soil & Water Conservation District Neal Kilgore/VA Outdoors Foundation Text Box: Rc&d annual awards Text Box: National, Southeast & virginia rc&d council meetings Text Box: The New River-Highlands RC&D Council is active at the state, regional and national levels. Council members participate annually in the National RC&D Legislative Forum held each February in Washington DC, where council members visit legislators to update them on the importance and success of the RC&D Program. M. Jay Hubble currently serves as secretary of the Southeast Association of RC&D Councils and chair of the Virginia Association of RC&D Councils. M. Jay Hubble, Sam Terry, Louis Brossy and Lynn McKinney attended the Virginia Association of RC&D Councils’ Annual Meeting held April 30-May 2, 2008 in Breaks, Virginia. Louis Brossy, M. Jay Hubble, Chuck Shorter, Sam Terry and Phyl Snapp attended the Southeast Association of RC&D Councils’ meeting held September 9-12, 2007 in Asheville, North Carolina. Text Box: Outstanding RC&D Sponsor Award- Skyline Soil & Water Conservation District Outstanding RC&D Project- Mill & Dodd Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Study Implementation Plan Media Award- Robert Smith/Star City Studio Outstanding Staff Award & VA Association RC&D Staff Award- David Richert/RC&D Forester Text Box: COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM— Text Box: This project implemented mechanical fuel reduction activities on 265 acres protecting approximately 200 woodland homes across Virginia. This state-wide fuel reduction program was targeted to high risk communities and individual homes located within 3 miles of U.S. Forest Service land. These 200 homes will serve as demonstration sites across Virginia. The project promoted the Firewise Virginia campaign to reduce the risk of wildfire in woodland home communities. Virginia’s citizens, landowners, planners and community leaders are more aware of the need for pre-planning as well as the benefits of hazard mitigation activities. Wildfire and property damage risks were significantly reduced and communities were made safer through cooperative efforts.

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