Keeping the James River Clean / Riverkeeper Looks for Pollution, Dead Fish and Other Problems
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By REX SPINGSTON  Chuck Frederickson loves his job, and he loves the James River.  It's all the same to him.  Frederickson is the riverkeeper for the 340-mile James.
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Silver Bow Creek, contaminated for more than a century by tailings and other mine waste, appears to be responding to environmental cleanup.
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By KAREN GOULART  A Kingston resident whose property was declared a hazardous waste site by the state Department of Environmental Protection this week wants neighbors to know he is doing all he can to quickly correct the problems.
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With spring approaching, Virginia scientists are planning a more comprehensive effort to find the cause of the mysterious fish kills in the Shenandoah River and its tributaries.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.
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Contaminants ranging from farm runoff to the bug repellent DEET are putting pressure on some of the most pristine rivers in the southern U.S.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Jun. 6--WASHINGTON -- Recommendations in a national study on federal water pollution cleanup projects already are part of planned PCB dredging of the Hudson River at Fort Edward, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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By Elizabeth Martin, Eagle Times, Claremont, N.H.  Dec. 10--SPRINGFIELD -- With waders, a kayak, grappling hooks and  determination, seven volunteers went fishing for shopping carts Saturday.  Fifteen carts had been polluting the Black River in Springfield behind the  shopping plaza.
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By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Mar. 7--3M Co. has a message for Washington and Dakota counties: Stop worrying about your water.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--JAMES CITY -- After Hurricane Isabel, James City County struggled to get reimbursed for debris cleanup on private roads.
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Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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By LEE BERGQUIST  When a deadly fish virus popped up in a pair of lakes last month, it became the latest in a growing tide of Great Lakes invasive species to litter Wisconsin's inland waters.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Sep. 24--Native steelhead in the Elwha River are being closely monitored to ensure they stay out of harm's way when two fish-blocking dams are torn down in 2009.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 1--JAMES CITY -- Water service at Chickahominy Riverfront Park will be suspended for water tank maintenance for about three weeks starting Feb. 5.
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Officials in Arkansas and Oklahoma say they are having trouble working on plans to protect the Illinois River watershed because of a pending lawsuit over water quality.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 13--Warnings about eating fish contaminated with toxic chemicals have been extended upstream from Lake Crabtree County Park along Crabtree Creek in Wake County to Cedar Fork District Park in Morrisville.
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 22--Saturday Conservation: The New River Watershed Roundtable is sponsoring a cleanup on the New River. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Fosters Falls location of the New River Trail State Park.