The entire shoreline of the Carvins Cove Reservoir could soon be in public hands.
A $175,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation will initiate talks with the owners of a 46-acre tract at the reservoirâs southern tip â the last remaining privately owned piece of waterfront property.
The grant was awarded to the Western Virginia Water Authority, which co-owns and manages the reservoir and a surrounding 12,700-acre natural reserve with the city of Roanoke.
âCarvins Cove is the primary source of drinking water for residents in the valley, and land conservation activities such as these protect water quality and expand low-impact recreational activities in the valley,â read a statement released Monday by authority spokeswoman Sarah Baumgardner.
Daniel Kibbler and Camden Gheens, members of St. Johnâs Lutheran School Kind Kids club, pick up trash along Highway MM on Sunday during the Spring Clean Up event. Rainfall on Saturday delayed the event to the following day, and groups and individuals of all ages joined the effort to pick up trash and stop plastic from entering the Mississippi River and oceans.
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Coloradoâs seasonal snowpack accumulation appears to have peaked at the start of the month at a little below 90% of normal, but the forecasted spring runoff volumes are looking to be quite a bit lower than that because of continuing drought and dry soil conditions.
Natural Resources Conservation Service data show that the stateâs snow water equivalent reached a high of 14.6 inches between March 30 and April 1 before beginning to decline, to 12.1 inches by Monday. The apparent peak amounted to 87% of the median 16.8-inch annual peak, which on average arrives about a week later than occurred this year, on April 8.
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Mick Scott
It was a rainy March day and it was time for a driveabout, so I threw a heavy jacket into the car and headed northwest.
Up N.C. 67 through East Bend, I took the turn that leads across the mighty, muddy Yadkin River and stopped at the Rockford General Store to fuel up on candy. The lady behind the counter and I greeted each other through our masks.
âHowâs business?â I asked.
âSlower than usual, but not bad,â she said.
I wound up with two bags drawn from the storeâs big glass jars: one for chocolates, the other for Cherry Sours and Red Hots â which, I learned, donât actually go together as well as one might think. But they kept me alert.